Problems with Arrays and print and echo

Slowly I am getting the output I want. Trying to use "dynamic" arrays, does creat the array I want, but getting the info is sometimes surprising. I notice a difference between arrays used locally in a function, and arrays used as a 'var' in a class function (all in PHP 4 atm). Code snippet:

                echo "ROWS returned are: $max\n";
                $this->count = $max;

                while ($max--) {
                        $row = mysql_fetch_row($result);
                        $this->name[$max] = sprintf("%s", $row[0]);
                        $Name[$max] = sprintf("%s", $row[0]);

echo "init \$this->Xame[$max] = $row[0]"; echo " $Name[$max] $this->name[$max]\n";

                        $regionID[$max] = $row[1];
                        $constellationID[$max] = $row[2];
                        $this->ID[$max] = $row[3]; printf("%d:%d/%d/%s\n",$max,$regionID[$max],$constellationID[$max],
                               $this->name[$max]);
                }

================ Line wrap is messing things up a bit. Was trying sprintf to see if the was a buffer problem coming from mysql. Problem seems to be the same, regardless. Also, the names changes ($this->name[] versus $Name[]) are deliberate, for just in case.... ================ Output (debuging): ROWS returned are: 7 init $this->Xame[6] = 8-TFDX 8-TFDX Array[6] 6:10000003/20000044/8-TFDX init $this->Xame[5] = B-E3KQ B-E3KQ Array[5] 5:10000003/20000044/B-E3KQ init $this->Xame[4] = BR-6XP BR-6XP Array[4] 4:10000003/20000044/BR-6XP init $this->Xame[3] = G5ED-Y G5ED-Y Array[3] 3:10000003/20000044/G5ED-Y init $this->Xame[2] = O-LR1H O-LR1H Array[2] 2:10000003/20000044/O-LR1H init $this->Xame[1] = UL-4ZW UL-4ZW Array[1] 1:10000003/20000044/UL-4ZW init $this->Xame[0] = Y5J-EU Y5J-EU Array[0] 0:10000003/20000044/Y5J-EU ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thanks for your ideas, help, etc.. Maybe it is somethign as simple as "can't do that with echo", but when the arrays are all single element ( foo_array[0] is only element ) all statements work as expected. regards, Michael