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How would one use the mysql/php $list['key'] inside a php echo i.e
echo "<p> My Text . $list[''] . </p>";
Thanks In Advance

Answer 1

It is as simple as that:
echo "<p> My Text $list[index] </p>";
N. b.: you do not use single quotes (') for the index as you usually would, like in $a=$list['index'];, since the whole thing is already enclosed in double quotes (").
Correction:
Just found out, with indices like 'a b' you still do need the quotes! (Thanks, Jon!)
Edit: (response to comment)
That is a competely different thing! Use
list($var1,$var2) = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
instead. The list()-construct (is it a function?!?) extracts the values out of the assigned array (in your case the result of your mysql_fetch_assoc()-function). Assuming, that your result set returns values for two columns (otherwise you will have to supply more variables in list()). And then place the variables into your text like
echo "<p> My Text $var1 and somewhere maybe also $var2 ... </p>";
Still, since you are using mysql_fetch_assoc($result) you could do
$z=mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
echo "<p> My Text $z[field1] and somewhere maybe also $z[field2] ... </p>";
with field1 and field2 being the actual column names from your MySQL table.
It is customary on this site now, to also warn you of the dangers of still using the deprecated mysql_*functions. You should change to the more secure and modern versions of mysqli_*...

Answer 2

In this context, usually you would just write the bare array key between the angle brackets:
echo "$array[key]";
However, if key is the empty string or if it contains any of a class of characters that have special meaning in this context then you can't do this. For example, these will not work:
echo "$array[]"; // empty string key
echo "$array[]]"; // string key: "]"
In this case you can add {} around the variable and use single quotes as if you were not inside a double quoted string context. For example:
echo "{$array['']}";
echo "{$array[']']}";
This is called complex string variable parsing; see the manual for more information.