怎么获取sql的SUM()值？紧急本人太菜

如何获取sql的SUM()值？紧急！在线等！本人太菜
有一个表test1
字段名num
有三个字段 111 222 333

$sql=mysql_query("select SUM(num) from test1");

$a=xxx($sql);


接下来该用哪个函数xxx把666这个数取出来赋予变量啊？？？

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------解决方案--------------------
sql=mysql_query("select SUM(num) as t_sum from test1");
$res = mysql_fetch_array()
echo $res[t_sum]
------解决方案--------------------
$a=mysql_fetch_array($sql);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($a);
echo "</pre>";
------解决方案--------------------
sql=mysql_query("select SUM(num) as sum from test1"); 
$res = mysql_fetch_array() 
echo $res[sum]