mysql_fetch_array()/mysql_fetch_assoc()/mysql_fetch_row()/mysql_num_rows etc… expects parameter 1 to be resource

Question

I am trying to select data from a MySQL table, but I get one of the following error messages:

mysql_fetch_array() expects parameter 1 to be resource,

Answer 1

$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Users WHERE UserName LIKE '%$username%'") or die(mysql_error());

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
    echo $row['FirstName'];
}

Sometimes suppressing the query as @mysql_query(your query);