I am tring to get one single cell from a database. The primary key is username. I want to store the single cell in a variable called $charity. The code below seems to work. However, this outputs to the screen the answer. I want to store the answer in a variable. $query="SELECT charity FROM `users` WHERE username='$username'"; $result=mysql_query($query); $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result); echo $row['charity']; ------------------ Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Um... What's wrong with replacing the echo line with: $charity=$row['charity']; ? I only ask because my PHP experience is nonexistent.

I tried every possible combination of that I can think of: $charity=$row['charity']; $charity=$row[charity]; $charity=$row["charity"]; $charity=$row['$charity']; $charity=$row[$charity]; $charity=$row["$charity"]; $charity==$row['charity']; $charity->$row['charity']; But nothing seems to work. I know I am close though, because: echo $row['charity']; yields the right return. I just cant figure how to get it put into a variable.

Hi. I'm still learning MySQL, i'm not sure of this method of solution, but it should work: $query = mysql_query("SELECT charity FROM `users` WHERE username=`$username`"); while($result = mysql_fetch_object($query)) { $charity = $result->FIELD_NAME_HERE; } print($charity);