[php] Printing result of mysql query from variable

well you are returning an array of items from the database. so you need something like this.

   $dave= mysql_query("SELECT order_date, no_of_items, shipping_charge, 
    SUM(total_order_amount) as test FROM `orders` 
    WHERE DATE(`order_date`) = DATE(NOW()) GROUP BY DATE(`order_date`)") 
    or  die(mysql_error());


while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($dave)) {
echo $row['order_date'];
echo $row['no_of_items'];
echo $row['shipping_charge'];
echo $row['test '];
}