Coding Question: values from an array

Hey there, I'm querying a mysql database. I'm getting one row returned and putting it into an array. I think want to display the contents of the array. I'm using the echo command to do it like this: echo $mdisp['fname']; And this command works just find. But why when I do it like this: echo "$disp['fname']"; do I get the error message: Parse error: parse error, expecting T_STRING' or T_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING' in /u04/httpd/htdocs/new_hros_proc.php on line 21 . I guess maybe you can't echo a row in the array? Sorry if this a bit low level. I'm kinda new. Thanks, marky