below code runs in PHP it will returns empty string. But same query run in mysql it shows some values.
<?php
$encrypt_query = "select aes_encrypt('$string','$key') as encrypt_data";
$encrypt_result = mysql_query($encrypt_query);
print_r($encrypt_result);// it returns resource id #7
$row = mysql_fetch_array($encrypt_result);
return $row['encrypt_data'];//it return empty
?>