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<?php
// ...
$key = 'some string';
if ($result = MDBObject::query($query)) {
    $returnList = array();
    if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) {
        while ($obj = mysql_fetch_object($result)) {
            $id = $obj->$key;
            unset($obj->$key);
            $returnList[$id] = $obj;
        }
    }
    mysql_free_result($result);
}
// ...
?>