query($sql); if(mysqli_num_rows($result_articles)) { while ($articleDb = mysqli_fetch_object($result_articles)) { $userid = $articleDb->userid; } } $sql = "SELECT `settings` FROM `VokabelBox2Users` WHERE `userid` = '$userid'"; $result_articles = $conn->query($sql); while ($articleDb = mysqli_fetch_object($result_articles)) { $settings = json_decode($articleDb->settings, true); } $appearance = $settings[0]['appearance']; ?>