Write database queries in Magento custom module - mysql

Question

I created a custom module in my Magento. This is working good. My module's name is mymodule.
Mymodule.php
class Myshop_Mymodule_Block_Mymodule extends Mage_Core_Block_Template
{
public function myfunction()
{
return "Hello User";
}
}
The path of the Mymodule.php file is C:\wamp\www\magento\app\code\local\Myshop\Mymodule\Block.
Now I want to display some data from database. For example I would like to display the admin's email id. How can I display this??
I tried like this.
$read = Mage::getSingleton('core/resource')->getConnection('core_read');
//database write adapter
$write = Mage::getSingleton('core/resource')->getConnection('core_write');
$result = $read->fetchAll("select email from admin_user where user_id= 1");
var_dump($result);
I write these lines in Mymodule.php inside myfunction. But nothing displayed(display only "Hello User").
So my question is how to display or write database queries in magento custom module.
Please someone help me..Any help is really appreciable..

Answer 1

We generally avoid using adapters when magento by default provides models for the basic tables. In your case, you can fetch the admin details using following :
<?php
$userDetails = Mage::getModel('admin/user')->load(1);
//where 1 is your admin user id
echo $userDetails->getEmail();
?>
Hence, your function can be modified as :
<?php
class Myshop_Mymodule_Block_Mymodule extends Mage_Core_Block_Template
{
public function myfunction()
{
$userDetails = Mage::getModel('admin/user')->load(1);
return $userDetails->getEmail();
}
}

Answer 2

You can get data from database in magento as
$collection = Mage::getModel("mumodule/mymodule")->getCollection();
foreach($collection as $data){
..Your Code ..
}