Data is coming out of MySQL as 'r' on my PHP page

[Gary B]

I have the following columns in a MySQL database table:

StoryHeadline [varchar] 

StoryByline [varchar] 

StoryText [text]

In the database, the text appears correctly. In a previous page, when I use row["StoryHeadline"] the output appears correctly.

However, on my new page, where I'm using the ID from the previous page to pull just one specific row's data, I get the letter 'r' for output of all three of these fields. Here's the code:

Setting the variables:

$Headline = row["StoryHeadline"];
$ByLine = row["StoryByline"];
$StoryText = row["StoryText"];

Assembling the overall output:

$StoryRecap = $Headline . '<br />by' . $ByLine . ' ' . $TimeLine . '<br /><br />' . $StoryText;

Then when printing to the page:

<?php echo $StoryRecap; ?>

What I actually end up seeing:

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r
by r Tue Jul 02, 1:01 am

r

How do I get my correct data to display? Thanks!

[niche]

What's actually in your results array when you dump it? 

[Gary B]

@niche when I try to just echo row["StoryHeadline"], I also get an 'r' but when I run the query directly on the database, the text appears correctly.

[niche]

Looks to me like 'r' is being returned by your query.  Please post your query.

[Ingolme]

$row is clearly a string that begins with "r". You will have to show the code that is assigning a value to $row.

[niche]

Check $row["StoryHeadline"] instead of row["StoryHeadline"]