Posted by mtuller on 12/07/07 14:53

I am pulling a list of names from a mysql table and then display the
results with this:

while ($names_row = $names_result->fetch_assoc())
{
echo '
<tr>
<td>'.$names_count.'</td>
<td>'.$names_last_name.'</td>
<td>'.$names_first_name.'</td>
<td>'.$names_middle_initial.'</td>
</tr>
}

Simple. The database query groups the names so that they are only
displayed once. The purpose of this is to display names entered for a
nomination process. The problem is that sometimes names are entered
differently. One person may enter Mike, and another enters Michael but
the last name is the same. I know then that this is actually the same
person. The results show up on different lines though, so I need to
flag these results in some way. I want to be able to show on the page
in bold where last name matches.

Can someone give me some direction on how I could go about this? Do I
need to use an array?

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