public static function make_assoc($columns, $array)
	{
		/* init the array */
		$assoc = array();

		/* set the cursor to */
		$cursor = 0;

		/* itterate over the data, and combine the data */
		foreach ($array as $record)
		{
			foreach ($record as $key => $value)
			{
				$assoc[$cursor][$columns[$key]] = $value;
			}
			$cursor++;
		}

		return $assoc;
	}