PHP retrieve data from table row and store to variable

$getinfo = "select user_firstname, user_middlename, user_lastname from tempuserinfo where user_email ='$ead' and activation_code='$eac'";
$query = mysql_query($getinfo, $db);

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
    $firstname = $row['user_firstname'];
    $lastname = $row['user_lastname'];
}

If you are only getting one row back (make sure you add a LIMIT to your SQL statement), then you can use something like this:


$getinfo = "select user_firstname, user_middlename, user_lastname from tempuserinfo where user_email ='$ead' and activation_code='$eac'"; 
$query = mysql_query($getinfo, $db); 
$row = mysql_fetch_array($query); 
$firstname = $row['user_firstname']; 
$lastname = $row['user_lastname'];