Well, are you saying you have a list of names? Do you need them in a certain order? Why do you even need indexing? Explain what you are attempting to do and we can help.
You could do it this way, if you do not need the indexing…
$follower = array( "ernie", "tisaigon", "Ernie2", "some other name" );
foreach($follower as $one_follower) {
echo $one_follower . "<br>";
}
If the array is built by you do it the way that best fits your display code. If the array is built from a database query, it is already an array and is a waste of code. If you build it from form inputs, you would never need skipping index numbers as your second examples shows.
Perhaps you should give us a little more info on what you are attempting to do…