Question

In the following code, the first print_r inside the while loop prints different story content. The problem I am having is that the 2nd print_r statement produces the exact same story over and over from the $stories array.

$stories = array();

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
  $story->name      = $row['Name'];
  ...
  $story->date      = $row['Date'];

  print_r($story); //for testing
  array_push ( $stories , $story );
}

print_r($stories);

Edit:
someone asked for command line output, but this is a hosted account. In case the above is not clear though:

From inside loop:

(
    [id] => 9370
    [name] => Five Below, Inc.
    ...
)
stdClass Object
(    
    [id] => 9362
    [name] => Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    ...
)   
stdClass Object
(
    [id] => 9363
    [name] => Mitel Networks Corporation
)
...
stdClass Object
(
    [id] => 9370
    [name] => Five Below, Inc.
    ...
)

After loop:

Array
(
    [0] => stdClass Object
        (
            [id] => 9370
            [name] => Five Below, Inc.
            ...
        )
    [1] => stdClass Object
        (
            [id] => 9370
            [name] => Five Below, Inc.
        ) 
    [2] => stdClass Object
        (
            [id] => 9370
            [name] => Five Below, Inc.
        )

Answer 1

It seems the problem lies in $story. I made test case code:

$rows = array(
         array('Name'=>'1', 'Date'=>'21'),
         array('Name'=>'4', 'Date'=>'24'),
);

$stories = array();

foreach( $rows as $row ) {
  $story->name      = $row['Name'];
  $story->date      = $row['Date'];

  array_push( $stories , $story );
}

print_r($stories);

produces

[0] => stdClass Object
    (
        [name] => 4
        [date] => 24
    )
[1] => stdClass Object
    (
        [name] => 4
        [date] => 24
    )

which is wrong. However adding unset($story); and have new object create each time, solves the issue:

$rows = array(
         array('Name'=>'1', 'Date'=>'21'),
         array('Name'=>'4', 'Date'=>'24'),
);

$stories = array();

foreach( $rows as $row ) {
  unset( $story );   // replace with whatever code you use to create new object
  $story->name      = $row['Name'];
  $story->date      = $row['Date'];

  array_push( $stories , $story );
}

print_r($stories);

gives correct:

[0] => stdClass Object
    (
        [name] => 1
        [date] => 21
    )

[1] => stdClass Object
    (
        [name] => 4
        [date] => 24
    )