Echo a single entry from a single DB returned array.

[eluser]mflammia[/eluser]
Sorry if this is a simple but really struggling to find an answer.

Have the following array returned to the view from a single DB query:

Code:

<?PHP
        echo "<pre>";
print_r($person);
echo "<pre>";
?&gt;

Code:

Array
(
    [0] => stdClass Object
        (
            [id_person] => 95
            [first_name] => Abbey
            [second_name] => Nobody
            [dob] => 1973-09-16
            [email] =>
            [phone] =>
        )

)

I can get something like the first name to display by doing something like the following:

Code:

<?php foreach($person as $row):?>
<?php echo $row->first_name ?>
<?php endforeach;?>

Which seems a long winded / incorrect why to go about something that only has one record.

I've tried every combination of coding to just echo a single part of the array, with just a few like:

Code:

echo $person[0]['first_name'];
echo $person ['first_name'];
echo $person->firstname;

Without any luck.

Help much appreciated in advance