$userids = explode(" ",$event['users']); foreach ($userids AS $index => $value) { if ($firstdone = 0) { $querystuff = "$value"; $firstdone = 1; } else { $querystuff .= "OR WHERE userid = $value"; } } $names = DB_site->query_first("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE userid = $querystuff");