(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0)
mysqli_result::fetch_all -- mysqli_fetch_all — Fetches all result rows as an associative array, a numeric array, or both
Object oriented style
Procedural style
mysqli_fetch_all() fetches all result rows and returns the result set as an associative array, a numeric array, or both.
resultProcedural style only: A result set identifier returned by mysqli_query(), mysqli_store_result() or mysqli_use_result().
resulttype
This optional parameter is a constant indicating what type of array
should be produced from the current row data. The possible values for
this parameter are the constants MYSQLI_ASSOC,
MYSQLI_NUM, or MYSQLI_BOTH.
Returns an array of associative or numeric arrays holding result rows.
Available only with mysqlnd.
As mysqli_fetch_all() returns all the rows as an array in a single step, it may consume more memory than some similar functions such as mysqli_fetch_array(), which only returns one row at a time from the result set. Further, if you need to iterate over the result set, you will need a looping construct that will further impact performance. For these reasons mysqli_fetch_all() should only be used in those situations where the fetched result set will be sent to another layer for processing.