# SELECT Results

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/select-results/69593>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [November 5, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/select-results/69593 "2004-11-05T16:18:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![red\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/48db29/32.png) [@red\_A](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/red_A)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/select-results/69593/1 "2004-11-05T16:18:22Z")

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I am not really sure about the following code:

\*\*$result \*\* = @mysql\_query(‘SELECT \* FROM mystuff’);  
if (!$result) {  
die(’\<p\>Error performing query: ’ . mysql\_error() . ‘\</p\>’);  
}

can anyone explain what the $results does exactly?