Fetching variables from database

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I have a table called ents with a varchar(100) field called week containing the value 'Easter Term 2011, Week 1'. However, the output returns 'Array'.

My code is:

function printWeek() {
    $query = mysql_query("SELECT week FROM ents") or die (mysql_error());
    while ($week = mysql_fetch_array($query, MYSQL_NUM)) {
        echo "$week";
    }
}

Any ideas?

You're calling mysql_fetch_array which returns... wait for it... an array. You need to access the first element of the array if you want an actual value:

echo $week[0];

mysql_fetch_array fetches array of row data (as the name hints), so you have to threat is as such:

function printWeek() {
    $query = mysql_query("SELECT week FROM ents") or die (mysql_error());
    while ($ents = mysql_fetch_array($query, MYSQL_NUM)) {
        echo $ents[0];
    }
}