if( $rand_num <= $chance )
		{
			//$item_id = mysql_query("SELECT `item` FROM `creatures` WHERE id = '$id_creature'");
			$foo =& creature_stats( item, $id_creature );
 
			$item_query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM items WHERE id = '$foo'") or ('$item_query');
 
			$item = mysql_fetch_array($item_query);
 
			echo"You got an ".$item."!";
 
		}

function &creature_stats($what_stat, $id) 
{
$mysql_query=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `creatures` WHERE `id` = '$id'");
$info=mysql_fetch_array($mysql_query);
return $info[$what_stat];
}