Thanks for the reply I do not under stand how to apply your example $foo[$i][$j] = "bar"; Graph example array trying to create thru sql: $data = array( array(0,"Concept","2002-9-1","2002-9-15",blue), array(1,"Creative","2002-9-15","2002-9-30",red), array(2,"Produce","2002-9-31","2002-10-10",green)): Output $data looks like this: 0: 0 1: Concept 2: 2002-9-1 3: 2002-9-15 4: blue 0: 1 1: Creative 2: 2002-9-15 3: 2002-9-30 4: red 0: 2 1: Produce 2: 2002-9-31 3: 2002-10-10 4: green SQL: $query = "SELECT task, startdate, endend, barcolor FROM timeline WHERE jobnu = 8648"; $result = mysql_query ($query); $cpt=0; $rownu =0; while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)) { $data[$cpt]= $rownu.","."\"".$row[0]."\"".",\"".$row[1]."\","."\"".$row[2]."\""; $rownu++; $cpt++; Output $data 0,Concept,2002-9-1,2002-9-15,blue 1,Creative,2002-9-15,2002-9-30,red 2,Produce,2002-9-31,2002-10-10,green etc.... I have tried this: while ($data[]=mysql_fetch_row($result)){} This almot works but for some reason places a blank record at the end or the array. > and to put stuff into the two dimensions, you need something like > $foo[$i][$j] = "bar"; > and iterate over the values $i and $j. Could you go a step farther in the $foo[$i][$j] please 20" of snow today in New Windsor, MD.... thanks jrt "Fredrik De Vibe" <fredrik@devibe.net> wrote in message ygrwuk0mluf.fsf@tva.ifi.uio.no">news:ygrwuk0mluf.fsf@tva.ifi.uio.no... > john@jrthorne.com (John Thorne) writes: > > $data[$cpt]= $row[0].",".$row[1].",".$row[2].",".$row[3].",".$row[4]; > > What you need is a two dimensional array. The code above concatenates > the $row elements into a string and puts this string into a one > dimensional array. > > the 2D array $foo[3][5] can be seen as: > > 0 1 2 3 4 > +-+-+-+-+-+ > 0 | | | | | | > +-+-+-+-+-+ > 1 | | | | | | > +-+-+-+-+-+ > 2 | | | | | | > +-+-+-+-+-+ > > and to put stuff into the two dimensions, you need something like > $foo[$i][$j] = "bar"; > and iterate over the values $i and $j. > > > -- > --Fredrik > "Why be a man when you can be a success?" > -- Bertold Brecht -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php