Oops you might want to increment $x++ after the assignment. -----Original Message----- From: Programmer [mailto:prog@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 1:49 PM To: 'Albert Padley'; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Unique Names for Variable in Loop $x = 0; my_name_array = array(); While($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) { my_name_array[$x] = $row["last_name"]; } Jeremy Schreckhise -----Original Message----- From: Albert Padley [mailto:apadley@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 1:15 PM To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Unique Names for Variable in Loop I must be brain dead today since I can't get my syntax correct. Simple MySQL query to return a list of last_name. No problem. Each last name returned needs to be assigned to a unique variable like name1, name2, name3, etc. Somebody just kick me in the right direction. Thanks. Al Padley -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php