Making dynamic variables in while code

[JayQ]

Hi I got this coding problem. I would like to through a while expression autocreate different variables with names and value coming from the table. (Using arrays maybe? I have no clue) So in this case for example, in the while code below there would be 2 variables created, $idbox = 73 & $idmeg = 7.

This is the core code:

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($maximum_qry)){
$left = array(); 
$left = $row['maximum']-$row['TOTAL'];
    }

This is the table which it concerns:
id-----TOTAL---maximum
box---27-------100
meg--3---------10

[Installer]

I think you need something like this:

$items = array();
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($maximum_qry)){ 
    $items[$row['id']] = $row['maximum'] - $row['TOTAL']; 
}