extract() - http://www.php.net/extract - does what you are after.
However often it's easier to handle the array as you have a better idea
of what variables are available, particularily if you are working with
multiple tables.
Ross wrote:
> What I need is a quick way to assign variable names to the same value of the
> row name.
>
> example..
>
> $query= "SELECT * from $table_name WHERE sname=='hulford'";
>
> $result = mysql_query($query) or die('Error, query failed');
> while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
>
>
> $email = $row['email'];
> $name=$row['name'];
> $address = $row['address'];
>
> //this goes on for 30 fields is there a way to automate this?
>
>
> }
>
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