[RESOLVED] using variables in a while

[devil_online]

Hi
I'm trying to use this code:

while ($resource = 0){
$firstnames = array("Jonh", "Paul", "Bill");
$lastnames = array("Simon", "Luck","Guy");
$name = $firstnames[array_rand($firstnames)]." ".$lastnames[array_rand($lastnames)];
}

my problem is that I must declare the variable $name outside the while because it's need for the $resourse and needed also inside the while.

how can I do this?
thanks

[devil_online]

or it's possible to declare variables that are inside a funtion..this also resolve my problem

thanks

[hennety]

Could you not simply use a temporary variable inside your while loop and reassign everything back to $name when your done?