$hosttype = hosting;
$query = sprintf("SELECT cost, servername FROM tarifs WHERE vid = '%s' ORDER BY id ASC LIMIT 3",
mysql_real_escape_string($hosttype));
$result = mysql_query($query);
IF (!$result) {
    $message  = 'Invalid query: ' . mysql_error() . "\n";
    $message .= 'Whole query: ' . $query;
    die($message);
}
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
echo $row['cost'];}  ?>

<? echo $row['cost'];  ?>