Here is an example of how to do it!
//MySQLi information
$db_host = "localhost";
$db_username = "username";
$db_password = "password";
//connect to mysqli database (Host/Username/Password)
$connection = mysqli_connect($db_host, $db_username, $db_password) or die("Error " . mysqli_error());
//select MySQLi dabatase table
$db = mysqli_select_db($connection, "table") or die("Error " . mysqli_error());
$sql = mysqli_query($connection, "SELECT * FROM data");
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($sql)) {
$names[] = $row['name'];
}
Edit:
Print the results out by using
print_r($names);
or
foreach($names as $name) {
echo "$name";
}
Good luck!