How can the user troubleshoot and resolve the mysqli_fetch_assoc() error they are encountering?

The issue with the mysqli_fetch_assoc() error is likely due to not checking if the result set is empty before trying to fetch data. To resolve this, you can use the mysqli_num_rows() function to check if there are any rows returned before attempting to fetch data with mysqli_fetch_assoc(). This will prevent the error from occurring.

$result = mysqli_query($conn, $query);

if(mysqli_num_rows($result) > 0) {
    while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
        // Process the data fetched from the database
    }
} else {
    echo "No rows found.";
}