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I wonder if somebody can help me please. I'm trying to get a list of categories with sub-categories listed under each. For example:Category One Sub-Category One/One Sub-Category One/Two Sub-Category One/ThreeCategory Two Sub-Category Two/One Sub-Category Two/TwoCategory Three Sub-Category Three/Oneetc.I've tried this, but when I got to check it the page all I get is the category titles

<?php $sql = 'SELECT * FROM categories ORDER BY name ASC'; $result = mysql_query($sql); while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))   {  echo "<h1>" . $row['name'] . </h1>"; echo "<ul class='rounded'>";  $sql = 'SELECT * FROM sub_categories WHERE categoryid = "$categoryid"';   $result2 = mysql_query($sql);   while($row2 = mysql_fetch_array($result2)) 	{   echo "<li>";  echo "<a href='list.php?id={$row['subid']}&{$row['subname']}'>" . $row['subname'] . "</a>";  echo "</li>"; 	} echo "</ul>";  }     ?>

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You're fetching the results as an object - to use array notation fetch it as an array instead, using mysql_fetch_array().

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You're fetching the results as an object - to use array notation fetch it as an array instead, using mysql_fetch_array().
I've just tried that, but it only got the categories, none of the sub categories.This is what I tried:
<?php$sql = 'SELECT * FROM categories ORDER BY name ASC'; $result = mysql_query($sql); while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))   { echo "<h1>" . $row['name'] . </h1>";echo "<ul class='rounded'>";  $sql = 'SELECT * FROM sub_categories WHERE categoryid = "$categoryid"';   $result2 = mysql_query($sql);   while($row2 = mysql_fetch_array($result2)) 	{   echo "<li>";  echo "<a href='list.php?id={$row['subid']}&{$row['subname']}'>" . $row['subname'] . "</a>";  echo "</li>"; 	} echo "</ul>";  }    ?>

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There's nothing at the moment tell it should equal a value from a field in categories table, i would expectwhile($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {$categoryid=$row['id'];echo "<h1>" . $row['name'] . </h1>";echo "<ul class='rounded'>";.....at least.
That didn't work, it still didn't show the sub categories :)
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Don't use single quotes for sql, use double$sql = "SELECT * FROM categories ORDER BY name ASC";$sql = "SELECT * FROM sub_categories WHERE categoryid = '$categoryid'";are these accessing the correct table? shouldn't it be $row2['subname']; as inecho "<a href='list.php?id=".$row2['subid'].$row2['subname']."'>" . $row2['subname'] . "</a>";

<?php$sql = "SELECT * FROM categories ORDER BY name ASC"$result = mysql_query($sql);while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))  {$categoryid=$row['id']; // is this the correct field name?echo "<h1>" . $row['name'] . </h1>";echo "<ul class='rounded'>"  $sql = "SELECT * FROM sub_categories WHERE categoryid = '$categoryid'";  $result2 = mysql_query($sql);  while($row2 = mysql_fetch_array($result2))	{  echo "<li>";  echo "<a href='list.php?id=".$row2['subid'].$row2['subname']."'>" . $row2['subname'] . "</a>";  echo "</li>";	}echo "</ul>";  }    ?>

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echo the $categoryid..see what value is it passing to the server...do some var_dump to see what values are actually returning from the serveri think your $categoryid is passing empty value..as you are not assighning any value to $categoryid

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){$categoryid=$row['id'];echo "<h1>" . $row['name'] . </h1>";echo "<ul class='rounded'>";.....
here its not nescery that your db column name must be id..it should be the name which name you gave to your id column in your db...
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Don't use single quotes for sql, use double$sql = "SELECT * FROM categories ORDER BY name ASC";$sql = "SELECT * FROM sub_categories WHERE categoryid = '$categoryid'";are these accessing the correct table? shouldn't it be $row2['subname']; as inecho "<a href='list.php?id=".$row2['subid'].$row2['subname']."'>" . $row2['subname'] . "</a>";
<?php$sql = "SELECT * FROM categories ORDER BY name ASC"$result = mysql_query($sql);while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))  {$categoryid=$row['id']; // is this the correct field name?echo "<h1>" . $row['name'] . </h1>";echo "<ul class='rounded'>"  $sql = "SELECT * FROM sub_categories WHERE categoryid = '$categoryid'";  $result2 = mysql_query($sql);  while($row2 = mysql_fetch_array($result2))	{  echo "<li>";  echo "<a href='list.php?id=".$row2['subid'].$row2['subname']."'>" . $row2['subname'] . "</a>";  echo "</li>";	}echo "</ul>";  }    ?>

Perfect thank you, I changed the quotes to double quotes and it now works perfectly thanks. I had actually put the rows and row2 for the sub categories, I'd just forgotten to say here I had.Thanks for your help
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echo the $categoryid..see what value is it passing to the server...do some var_dump to see what values are actually returning from the serveri think your $categoryid is passing empty value..as you are not assighning any value to $categoryidhere its not nescery that your db column name must be id..it should be the name which name you gave to your id column in your db...
Thanks for that, I followed dsonesuk advice to put the query in double quotes and it now works perfectly. Thanks
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