PHP & MYSQL: Output Unique Strings......

I have a MYSQL Table and in there i have a column called PEOPLE.....and in each row under that, i have a list of peoples names...such as

ID PEOPLE

1 joe bob ann sue
2 bob
3 ann sue jane
...etc...........etc.....

what i need to do is Output to browser a UNIQUE listing of those names....so a complete list of names without any duplicates...

PLease help me...ive been tryin for almost a week.......

thanks

what if you did something like...

// this returns all stuff in table but you can always narrow the search
$result = MYSQL_QUERY("SELECT*FROM $table);

$rows = MYSQL_NUM_ROWS($result);

$i = 0;
$count = 0;

while($i < $rows) {

$row = MYSQL_RESULT($result,$i,"People");

$array = explode(" ",$row);

for($j = 0; $j < sizeof($array); $j++) {

     $names[$count] =  $array[$j];
      $count++;

}// end for
$i++;
}// end while

// Then to get all unique values just do this

 $names = array_unique($names);

I think this should work. I hope this is what you wanted.