<?php // An array that represents a possible record set returned from a database $a = array( array( 'id' => 5698, 'first_name' => 'Peter', 'last_name' => 'Griffin', ), array( 'id' => 4767, 'first_name' => 'Ben', 'last_name' => 'Smith', ), array( 'id' => 3809, 'first_name' => 'Joe', 'last_name' => 'Doe', ) ); $last_names = array_column($a, 'last_name', 'id'); print_r($last_names); ?>