Display MySQL value in existing div using PHP

Question

Looking to display a value from the 1st record's 'post' field which is stored in a MySQL database using PHP. The following div is where the value is to be inserted:

<div id="insert1"><?php echo($r); ?></div>

The PHP (Note using MeekroDB):

<?php
require_once 'meekrodb.2.2.class.php';
DB::$user = 'username';
DB::$password = 'password';
DB::$dbName = 'database';
DB::$host = 'hostname';
// get all entries from database table Microblog;
$results = DB::query("SELECT post FROM MicroBlog");
foreach ($results as $row) {
  $id = $row['id'];
  // loop through each entry - there's 3
  for($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
    // if it's the 1st entry (id = 1) then get field 'post'
    if ($id == 1) {
      $r = $row['post'];
    }
  }
}
?>

Currently #insert1 is blank. What do I need to change to get it into the div? Please note, I want to keep the for loop, as I'll be adding other if's once I get it running. Thanks.

Answer 1

Probably this part is wrong:

// get all entries from database table Microblog;
$results = DB::query("SELECT post FROM MicroBlog");

should be:

// get all entries from database table Microblog;
$results = DB::query("SELECT * FROM MicroBlog");

You're getting id which i think you're not getting from your query.

$id = $row['id'];

Other option:

Comment out $id.

 //$id = $row['id'];

and in the if block below, change $id to $i:

if ($i == 1) {
      $r = $row['post'];
    }

To add number of records:

 $x = 0;
    foreach ($results as $row) {
      $x++;
      $id = $row['id'];
      // loop through each entry - there's 3
      for($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
        // if it's the 1st entry (id = 1) then get field 'post'
        if ($id == 1) {
          $r = $row['post'];
        }
      }
    }
echo $x;