$query=mysql_query('select * from rank');
for ($i=0; $i<$max; $i++) {
$id0[$i] = mysql_result($query, $i, "id");
$id1[$i] = mysql_result($query, $i+1, "id");
$id2[$i] = mysql_result($query, $i+2, "id");  }

for ($i=0; $i<$max; $i++) {
  mysqli_data_seek($result, $i);
  // depending on your php version you might need a temporary variable to
  // get the ID
  $id0[$i] = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)['id'];
  ...
}