[SOLVED] Can you assign a While Loop to a variable? If so, how?

[itsureboy]

I'm new to PHP and everything, so I was wondering. Is it possible to assign a WHILE loop to a variable.

 

I am trying this, just in case it is even possible.

 

$query = while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){ echo ' OR commenterid = '.$row['friendid'].' '; };  

 

And get the error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_WHILE

 

Thanks ahead,

      Chris

[trq]

while() doesn't return anything, what do you expect?

 

Maybe you want something more like?....

 

$query = '';
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
  $query .= ' OR commenterid = ' . $row['friendid'];
}

 

[itsureboy]

It worked! You don't know how thankful I am. =)

 

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!