<form action="removeteach.php" method="post"> <?php ... while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)) { $get_info[] = $row; } print "<tr>\n"; foreach ($get_info as $field) { print "\t<td><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"remove[]\" value=\"" . $field['teachid'] . "\" /></td>\n"; print "\t<td> What goes here ?? we need some variable.. you can't put ' field'</td>\n"; ... ?>