Display only one item from a database at a time and loop through others to display

sams :

I'm trying to set up a page that displays one row of information from a news DB at a time. It would display the first row for about 10 seconds, then swap to the next row of news for the same duration. I found an answer from five years ago that seemed as though it would work, but each time I try to run it one of my variables becomes unreadable due to it being undefined. Full code below:

<?php
  include('include/sqlsettings.php');
  $mysqli_conn = mysqli_connect($mysqli_host, $mysqli_user, $mysqli_pass, $mysqli_db);
  $query = 'SELECT * FROM news';
  $rs = mysqli_query($mysqli_conn, $query);
  $info = array();

  while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($rs, MYSQLI_ASSOC)){
    array_push($info, array('title' => $row['id'],
                            'news' => $row['news'],
                            'location' => $row['location']));
    $infoData = json_encode(array('info' => $info));
    file_put_contents('info.json', $infoData);
  }
?>
<html>
  <head>
  </head>
  <body>
    <ul></ul>
  </body>
  <script src='/libs/js/jquery/jquery-3.2.1.min.js'></script>
  <script>
    var i = 0,
        d = null,
        x = null,
        interval = 3000;

    $(document).ready(function(){
      fetch();
    });

    function fetch(){
      // get the data *once* when the page loads
      $.getJSON('info.json', function(data){
        // store the data in a global variable 'd'
        d = data.result;
        // create a recurring call to update()
        x = setInterval(function(){
          update()
        }, interval);
      });
    }

    function update(){
      // if there isn't an array element, reset to the first once
      if (!d[i]){
        clearInterval(x);
        i = 0;
        fetch();
        return;
      }
      // remove the previous items from the page
      $('ul').empty();
      // add the next item to the page
      $('ul').append(
        '<li>' + d[i]['title']
        + '</li><li>' + d[i]['news']
        + '</li><li>' + d[i]['location']
        + '</li>'
      );
      // incriment for the next iteration
      i++;
    }
  </script>
</html>

The code errors out at if(!d[i]) kicking back with Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property '0' of undefined at update (<file>.php:33) where d should be defined as the json data so I can loop through it. I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing wrong.

amcquaid :

You're assigning d to to data.result. If d is undefined, it is because data.result is undefined. If it's possible for data.result to be undefined, consider doing the following check.

if(d && !d[i])

This will ensure d is defined before checking the index.

Display only one item from a database at a time and loop through others to display

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