function convertColumnToString($matrix, $col) {
$rows = count($matrix);
$result = "";
for ($i = 0; $i < $rows; $i++) {
$result = $result . $matrix[$i][$col] . " ";
}
return trim($result);
}
$matrix = array(
array( 4, 7, 9, 18, 29, 0),
array( 1, 9, 18, 99, 4, 3),
array( 9, 17, 89, 2, 7, 5),
array(19, 49, 6, 1, 9, 8),
array(29, 4, 7, 9, 18, 6)
);
$col = 3;
$str = convertColumnToString($matrix, $col);
echo $str . "\n";
/*
run:
18 99 2 1 9
*/