Examples of ways to get query results from a sql query.

Multiple Rows

$sql_select = mysql_query("select * from table where id = '1');
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql_select)){
$val1 = $row["column1"];
}

Single Row

$sql_select = mysql_query("select * from table where id = '1');
$row = mysql_fetch_array($sql_select);
$val1 = $row["column1"];