help please! first result not included!!!

ok i am having an issue and cant figure it out. im retrieving my data and using a loop to output it but each time i do this the first result is not included!! why is the first result now showing up????

<?php
$query="SELECT firstname, money FROM users ORDER BY money DESC";
$result=mysql_query($query);
$firstname=mysql_result($result,0,"firstname");

//loop through each row outputting the data
for ($x=1; $x<= 3; $x++)
{
$firstname=mysql_result($result,$x,"firstname");
$money=mysql_result($result,$x,"money");
echo "$x. $money -------- $firstname <br/>";
}
?>

Code (markup):

 

The proper way:

<?php

$result = mysql_query('SELECT `firstname`,`money` FROM `users` ORDER BY `money` DESC') or die(mysql_error());
if (mysql_num_rows($result) == 0) {
	echo 'No results!';
} else {
	$x = 0;
	while ($items = mysql_fetch_array($results)) {
		$firstname = stripslashes($items['firstname']);
		$money = stripslashes($items['money']);
		$x++;
		echo $x.'. '.$money.' -------- '.$firstname.' <br/>';
	}
}

?>

PHP:

Also, get in the habit of using single slashes. Then, if you need to echo double quotes, you wont have to backslash the double quotes.

 

thanks a ton rep added!

 

Thanks and your welcome!