$i=0; while($i<$num) { $rows = mysql_fetch_assoc($result); $permissions = str_replace( ",", " OR g_perm_id=", unserialize(stripslashes($rows[permission_array]))); print_r($permissions); $query2="SELECT g_id FROM groups WHERE g_perm_id = ".$permissions['show_perms'].""; print_r($query2); $result2=mysql_query($query2); $perms = mysql_fetch_array($result2); print_r($perms); }