gistfile1.php

<?php 
	
	// database access
	$dbName = '';
	$dbUser = '';
	$dbPass = '';
	$dbHost = 'localhost';

	// table
	$table = 'values';

	// columns to ignore
	$ignore = array();


	mysql_connect($dbHost, $dbUser, $dbPass) OR die(mysql_error());

	mysql_select_db($dbName) OR die(mysql_error());


	$inst = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM " . $table) OR die(mysql_error());

	$values = array();

	while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($inst)) {

		foreach($row AS $col => $content) {

			if(in_array($col, $ignore)) {
				continue;
			}

			if(!isset($values[$col])) {
				$values[$col] = array();
			}

			$values[$col][] = $content;
 		}

	}

	// $values[$columnName] contains all values in that column

?>