How do i convert a query result into an associative array?

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How do i convert a query result into an associative array? - El Forum - 10-05-2011

[eluser]zulubanslee[/eluser]
I need to pass an associative array to form_dropdown(), but I don't know how to convert.

I've tried this in my model.

Code:
$query  = $this->db->query("SELECT id, category FROM categories WHERE id = '$id'");

foreach($query->result() as $row)

{

   $category_array[] = $row; 

}

and

Code:
foreach($query->result() as $row)

{

  $category_array[] = array(

    'id'       => $row->id,

    'cateogry' =>$row->$category

);

}

For the latter,the code yeilds this:
http://imgur.com/hrZOf&MkPKD;
The bold numbers are the soft indexing apparently and the numbers above the words are the values of the options. Naturally I only want the words to show up in the menu.

Here is what I have in my Controller

Code:
$queries['category_array'] = $this->categorymodel->getcategories();