I'm trying to get some specific keys and values from the database. My database entries look like so:

id | name | description      | value
------------------------------------------
1  | lang | default language | en
2  | date | date format      | YYYY-MM-DD

I want to echo only my name and value fields. I've tried using a nested foreach loop, like so:

foreach($details as $key => $value)
{
    foreach($value as $index => $row)
    {
        echo $index . " / " . $row . "<br />";
    }
    echo "<br />";
}

But that only echos:

id / 1
name / lang
description / default language
value / en

id / 2
name / date
description / date format
value / YYYY-MM-DD

However, when I add an offset, like so: $index[1], I get this like a instead of name, or e instead of description.

I've previously worked from while loops using mysql_fetch_array, but this would give me a repeated element (say a <tr>) whereas I simply need to extract the value of the field because this will be used to build a form for the user to manage.

Would anyone have a suggestion or different approach for me to do something of the sort ?

EDIT

The query comes from a class file:

// extracted from my queries.class.php
public function my_prefs()
{
   global $db;
   $query = "SELECT * FROM preferences WHERE value!=NULL";
   return $db->select($query);
}
// extracted from the source file
$module_details = $query->my_prefs();

EDIT #2

Perhaps this will help you understand my needs:

foreach($module_details as $key => $value)
{
    print_r($module_details);
}

returns:

Array
(
    [0] => stdClass Object
    (
        [id] => 1
        [name] => lang
        [description] => default language
        [value] => en
    )

    [1] => stdClass Object
    (
        [id] => 1
        [name] => date
        [description] => date format
        [value] => YYYY-MM-DD
    )
}

I need to access only lang / en and date / YYYY-MM-DD.

Sounds like you're looking for something like this:

$tmp = array();
foreach($details as $key => $value)
{
    // "name" => "value" dictionary later access
    $tmp[$value["name"]] = $value["value"];
    echo $value["name"] . " = " . $value["name"]; // echos e.q. "date = YYYY-MM-DD"
    echo "<br/>";
}

echo $tmp["date"]; // echos e.q. "YYYY-MM-DD"

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