title: Warning: mysqli_fetch_assoc() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli_result, string given in
body: <p>Trying to get the last row in the table but throwing error ...</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>'Warning: mysqli_fetch_assoc() expects parameter 1 to be
    mysqli_result, string given in '</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <pre><code>$recents = "SELECT * FROM list ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1";
  if ($result = mysqli_fetch_assoc($recents)) {
      $mName = $result['name'];
      $mDesc = $result['description'];
      $mCost = $result['cost'];
  }
  </code></pre>