Select record from the database

Code : (for display purposes, some lines wrap. The ↵ character indicates it. The character is not part of the code)

$path_to_db_script = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']↵
          . "/" . "db/pjjtextbase.php";
require $path_to_db_script;
$novels = ptb_connect ('novels.csv');

$hercule = ptb_select(↵
    $novels, ↵
    "\'@protagonist\' == \'1\' AND \'year\' == 1938",↵
    \'title ASC\'↵
   );

$theItem = 1;
echo $hercule[$theItem]['id'] . " - " . ↵
     $hercule[$theItem]['protagonist'] . " - " . ↵
          $hercule[$theItem]['title'] . " ~ aka = " . ↵
               $hercule[$theItem]['aka'][0];

27 - Poirot, Hercule - Hercule Poirot's Christmas - aka = A Holiday for Murder

⇪ Feb 17 2021 06:31:00