[RESOLVED] While loop inside a variable

[curb]

How do I put a final output from a WHILE loop in a variable and echo it outside of WHILE?

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
  $names = ''.$row['name'].'<br>';//outputs 10 names
}
echo $name;//all the 10 names?

[NogDog]

Use the ".=" operator:

$names = '';   // initialize to empty string
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
  $names .= $row['name'].'<br>'; //outputs 10 names
}
echo $names; //all the 10 names

[curb]

Thanks NogDog. Totally forgot about that dot.