Convert SQL results into PHP array

I’m fairly new to PHP and I’ve been looking around and can’t seem to find the specific answer I’m looking for.

I want to make a SQL query, such as this:

$result = mysqli_query($connection, $command)
if (!$result) { die("Query Failed."); }

// Create my array here ... I'm thinking of maybe having to
// make a class that can hold everything I need, but I dunno    

while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
{
    // Put the row into an array or class here...
}

mysqli_close($connection);

// return my array or class

Basically I want to take the entire contents of the result and create an array that I can access in a similar fashion as the row. For example, if I have a field called ‘uid’ I want to be able to get that via myData[‘uid’]. I guess since there could be several rows, maybe something more like myData[0][‘uid’], myData[1][‘uid’], etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer

You can do:

$rows = [];
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
{
    $rows[] = $row;
}