Sounds like you have a problem in the overall logic. If a row is not
returned, then you shouldn't be doing any processing or calling extract,
right? How are you retrieving the row? I don't understand why people use
extract() as it is, anyhow... So what if you have to type $row['name']
instead of just $name? It makes your code easier for others to follow and
doesn't waste memory by making all of the extra variables...
---John Holmes...
How much less memory does an array with say 10 elements take up compared
with 10 variables? Is it 1/10th? Or is it the same?
Currently I do error checking to see if the row returned anything, I'm
just saying it would be convenient if you didn't have to go to the trouble.