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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