What does CodeIgniter's row_array() method return?

Question

I want to get a list of email addresses from the database, what I have tried are here:

In my model:

public function get_email_address_by_sector($search_by, $search_field)
{
    $this->db->select('*');
    $this->db->like($search_by, $search_field);
    $query = $this->db->get('tb_company');

    $row = $query->row_array();
    return $row['email'];
}

I want to see the data in the array with this controller:

public function get_email_address($search_by, $search_field)
{
    $recipients = $this->company_model->get_email_address_by_sector($search_by, $search_field);

    print_r($recipients);
}

What does row_array() return in CodeIgniter?

Answer 1

The row_array() and row() will return only one row. Use result_array() or result() if you want to fetch multiple rows. See result_array()

Change $row = $query->row_array(); to $row = $query->result_array();