<?php // An array that represents a possible record set returned from a database $a = array ( array ( 'id' => 5698 , 'first_name' => 'Mehran' , 'last_name' => 'Yaqoob' , ), array ( 'id' => 4767 , 'first_name' => 'Muneeb' , 'last_name' => 'Ahmad' , ), array ( 'id' => 3809 , 'first_name' => 'Uzair' , 'last_name' => 'Rajput' , ) ); $last_names = array_column($a, 'last_name' ); print_r($last_names); ?> Output: Array ( [0] => Yaqoob [1] => Ahmad [2] => Rajput ) Syntex: array_column( array , column_key , index_key ...