How to do a MYSQL query with an array in PHP? -

how can query database using results of prior query if in array? below have far.

$query = "select * searchtestdb engname in ( select synonyms.synonym  words  left join synonyms on synonyms.word_id = words.word_id word '%$searchbox%') ";  while($result = mysql_fetch_array($query))          {             echo $result['engname'];             echo "<br> ";             echo "<br> ";         } 

how can $result['engname'] , query again? i'm thinking like

select * searchtestdb engname '%$result['engname']%'; 

but doesn't work. ideas?

while($result = mysql_fetch_array($query))  {    $query2 = "select * searchtestdb engname '%".$result['engname']."%';";    $result2 = mysql_query($query2);    while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result2))     {        echo $row["somthing"];    } }