Creating an associative array through database query

[eluser]ShawnMcCool[/eluser]
If I'm reading this correctly this is more a PHP question than a CodeIgniter question.

Specifically answering your question (as I understand it) you'd do something like this:

$item_quantity_array = array();

foreach($details as $detail)
{
$item_quantity_array[$detail['Name']] = $detail['NumberNeeded'];
}

print_r($item_quantity_array);

foreach($item_quantity_array as $item_name => $item_number_needed)
{
echo "$item_number_needed item(s) of $item_name<br/>";
}