PHP - How Do I Loop Through A Nested List ?

I'm a bit confused here on for loops. I don't quite understand why this script outputs what it does and I'd like it if someone could explain it to me.

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<?php
for ($i = 1; $i < 3; $i = $i + 1) {
for ($j = 1; $j < 3; $j = $j + 1) {
echo "'i' is {$i}, 'j' is {$j}<br />";
}
}
?>
Result:
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'i' is 1, 'j' is 1
'i' is 1, 'j' is 2
'i' is 2, 'j' is 1
'i' is 2, 'j' is 2

Hello i am new here, and new to php too.
I try to learn php from about 20 days, and i am getting stuck in something, somebody asked me to make a program that will produce the following output, i have to use a nested for loop:
1
22
333
4444
55555
........etc

The code for is:
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for($a=1;$a<10;$a++)
{
   echo "<br>";

   for ($b=0;$b<$a;$b++)
   echo $a;

}I do know this is something elementary, but really i cannot understand how it works is there any saint that will comment the code and explain step by step whats happening there?
Thank you.

I think the problem is with     echo "<td>".$row["countnow($i)"]."</td>"; it's not showing anything, any ideas how to fix it?
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$i = 1;
While ($i <25)
{
?>
  <tr>
    <td><?php echo $i; ?></td>
    <?php 
$sql = "SELECT * FROM `systems` WHERE `solarSystemName` LIKE $sname" or die (mysql_error());
$result = mysql_query($sql);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
    echo "<td>".$row["countnow($i)"]."</td>";
}
?>
<tr>
<?php
$i++;
}

Hi, first of all thanks in advance for the help. I'm a newbie college student and am having a little problem with a project for a class that I can't figure out.

I'm trying to construct a loop that creates an array for a javascript image gallery. First I call for the categories and I want to then pull all the images from that category into the array and then loop through all the categories in the database. The code below just cycles through the first category and then quits after pulling the images from that category.


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        <?php
        // SQL Query for Categories
            $sql="SELECT CategoryID, CategoryName FROM pro2category";
            $result = mysql_query($sql);
            
            if(empty($result))
            {
                $num_results = 0;
            }
            else
            {
                $num_results = mysql_num_rows($result);
            }
        
        ?>
        <?php                                
        for($i=0; $i<$num_results; $i++)
        {
            $row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
            
            $CategoryID = $row["CategoryID"];
            $CategoryName = $row["CategoryName"];

        ?>
       
       
            var <?php echo $CategoryID ?> = new Array();
           
      <!-- Images inside Array -->
      <!-- Images inside Array -->
      <!-- Images inside Array -->
      <!-- Images inside Array -->
           
            <?php
                $sql="SELECT ImageID, ImageName, ImageNumber, URL, CategoryID FROM pro2image WHERE CategoryID='$CategoryID'";
                $result = mysql_query($sql);
                
                if(empty($result))
                {
                    $num_results = 0;
                }
                else
                {
                    $num_results = mysql_num_rows($result);
                }
                
            ?>
           
                <?php                                
                for($i=0; $i<$num_results; $i++)
                {
                    $row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
                    
                    $ImageID = $row["ImageID"];
        
                ?>
               
                <?php echo $CategoryID ?>Array[<?php echo $i ?>] = "http://cgtweb2.tech.purdue.edu/356/zrodimel/Project2/admin/upload/<?php echo $ImageID ?>.jpg";
           
                <?php
                }
                ?>
           
           

        <?php
        }
        ?>
thanks for the help

Zach

I have a while loop nested inside of another while loop to populate a drop-down select box for each result from the parent while loop. The inner loop only gets run once though... any ideas on how to fix this without it being extremely data heavy?

Hi
I have searched around for a solution to this and either fail to grasp how to get it to work or just cannot find the correct solution.

I have the following XML file:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>

<product>
<id>153</id>

<images>
<image id="1">
<url>http://www.mysite.com/product/images/1322.jpg</url>
<title>
<en>Book 1</en>
</title>
</image>

<image id="2">
<url>http://www.mysite.com/product/images/1321.jpg</url>
<title>
<en>Book 2</en>
</title>
</image>

<image id="3">
<url>http://www.mysite.com/product/images/1316.jpg</url>
<title>
<en>Book 3</en>
</title>
</images>
</product>

<product>
<id>154</id>

<images>
<image id="1">
<url>http://www.mysite.com/product/images/1322.jpg</url>
<title>
<en>Book 1</en>
</title>
</image>

<image id="2">
<url>http://www.mysite.com/product/images/1321.jpg</url>
<title>
<en>Book 2</en>
</title>
</image>

<image id="3">
<url>http://www.mysite.com/product/images/1316.jpg</url>
<title>
<en>Book 3</en>
</title>
</images>
</product>

</root>
$xml = 'example.xml'; // URL for feed.

try{
  $feed = new SimpleXMLElement($xml, null, true);
}catch(Exception $e){
  echo $e->getMessage();
  exit;
}

$sql = 'INSERT INTO images (`id`, `url`) VALUES ';


foreach($feed->property as $property){
  $sql .= sprintf(
    "\n('%d', '%s'),",
   $property->id,
   mysql_real_escape_string($property->images->image->url)
  );
}

$sql = rtrim($sql, ',') . ';';


What I need to do is loop through each of the image url nodes and insert them into my DB with the relevant id. Can somebody point me in the right direction with this please its driving me nuts!

Regards

GT

Hi, I'm developing a "gallery" script so that I can manage my photos online, and I'm having a problem I can't seem to figure out. Hoping someone can help...

So here's my problem.

I have two main tables for my application (amongst several others but for all intents and purposes they aren't needed). One is "albums" and the other "photos".

Here's the structure for both:
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Albums

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `kill4silence_photos_albums` (
  `id` int(255) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `parent_id` int(255) NOT NULL,
  `user_id` int(255) NOT NULL,
  `cover` int(255) NOT NULL,
  `name` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `description` text NOT NULL,
  `location` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `time` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `date` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `timestamp` int(255) NOT NULL,
  `last_updated_date` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `last_updated_time` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `last_updated_timestamp` int(255) NOT NULL,
  `views` int(255) NOT NULL,
  `tags` longtext NOT NULL,
  `downloads` int(255) NOT NULL,
  `download_disabled` int(1) NOT NULL,
  `comments_disabled` int(255) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=156 ;

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Photos

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `kill4silence_photos_photos` (
  `id` int(255) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `album_id` int(255) NOT NULL,
  `user_id` int(255) NOT NULL,
  `name` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `caption` varchar(200) NOT NULL,
  `time` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `date` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `timestamp` int(255) NOT NULL,
  `file_name` varchar(5000) NOT NULL,
  `file_type` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
  `file_ext` varchar(25) NOT NULL,
  `location` varchar(200) NOT NULL,
  `photo_time` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `photo_date` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `views` int(255) NOT NULL,
  `tags` longtext NOT NULL,
  `downloads` int(255) NOT NULL,
  `downloads_disabled` int(1) NOT NULL,
  `comments_disabled` int(1) NOT NULL,
  `visible` int(1) NOT NULL,
  `last_updated_date` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `last_updated_time` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `last_updated_timestamp` int(255) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=204 ;

Now basically how this works is when a new album is created, it is given a parent_id of '0' where the parent_id is the identifer of it's "parent" album.

Say, I have five albums, each nested within each other like so.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

On the page, it would look like,

Album 1 (link that takes you to Album 2)

Album 2 (link that takes you to Album 3)

And so on...

I use $_GET to send you to the next nested album.

Each album's query string looks like this:
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photos.php?album={$id}

No matter what album you're in (be it the "father" parent album or a nested album)

Now, what I want to do is construct a method to add to my "photos" class, that creates an array of all parent album id's depending on the current nested album, so I can use that array to display a "navigation" type thingy-ma-jigger at the top of each page. For example:

Current album is "Ghosts"

Navigation would look like: Paranormal Activity -> Experiences -> Ghosts

Where "Ghosts" and "Experiences" are albums nested in "Paranormal Activity"

I figure you'd have to go about this using a loop of some kind, but I can't for the life of me figure it out. The only thing I can think of to do that doesn't entirely solve this problem is get the parent id of the current album. So as of right now, if "Ghosts" is currently being displayed, I can output a link taking you to "Experiences", but I can't do so to get "Paranormal Activity". I mean I could, but I'd have to loop through twice to get both ID's. I need a method that will loop through infinitely until there are no more parent albums to be found.

Hope this all makes sense.

Here's my code for viewing an album, just so you can get a clear picture (I'm using the Smarty extension case the HTML code confuses you)
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<div id='view_album'>
    <!--<a href='photos.php?album={$PARENT_ALBUM_ID}'>&laquo; Back to {$PARENT_ALBUM_NAME}</a>-->
    <div class='album_name'>
        {$ALBUM_NAME}
    </div>
    <div class='album_info'>
        Created by <a href=''>{$USERNAME}</a> (<a href="photos.php?album={$PARENT_ALBUM_ID}">{$PARENT_ALBUM_NAME}</a>) {$DATE_FANCY} &bull; Updated {$LAST_DATE_FANCY}
        {if strlen($LOCATION) > 0}
         &bull; Taken at {$LOCATION}
        {/if}
        {if $smarty.const.PHOTOS_ADMIN_ACCESS == true}
         &bull; <a href='photos.php?album={$ALBUM_ID}&action=edit'>Edit Album</a>
         &bull; <a href='photos.php?album={$ALBUM_ID}&action=delete'>Delete Album</a>
         &bull; <a href='photos.php?album={$ALBUM_ID}&action=upload&max=1&submit=false'>Upload Photos</a>
        {/if}
    </div>

<!--Start albums-->
    {$i= 0}
    {$max_columns = 5}
    {$column_width = 100 / {$max_columns}}
    <table width='100%'>
        {foreach $ALBUMS_ARRAY as $id => $id}
        {if $i == 0}
            <tr>
            {/if}
                <td width='20%' align='center'>
                    <div class='album_graphic_container'><a href='photos.php?album={$id}'>
                    {if {albums::info ("id", "=", {$id}, "cover")} == 0}
                            <a href="photos.php?album={$id}"><img src='photos/images/icons/album_default.png'></a>
                        {else}
                        <img src='photos/covers/{$id}/default.jpg' style="width: 100%;"/>
                        {/if}
                    </div>
                    <div class='album_graphic_info'>
                        <a href='photos.php?album={$id}'>{albums::info ("id", "=", {$id}, "name")}</a>
                        <br>
                        {albums::info ("id", "=", {$id}, "num_albums")} Albums &bull; {albums::info ("id", "=", {$id}, "num_photos")} Photos
                        <br>
                        <a href='' style='font-size: 100%;'>{albums::info ("id", "=", {$id}, "num_comments")} Comments</a>
                    </div>
                </td>
            {$i = $i + 1}
            {if $i == $max_columns}
                </tr>
                {$i = 0}
            {/if}
        {/foreach}
        {if $i < $max_columns}
            {$j = 0}
            {for $k = $i; $k < $max_columns - 1; $k++}
                {if $j == 0}
                    <td width='{$column_width}%' align='center'>
                        <div class='album_graphic_container'>
                            <a href='photos.php?album={$ALBUM_ID}&action=compose'>
                            <img src='photos/images/icons/album_default.png'>
                            </a>
                        </div>
                        <div class='album_graphic_info'>
                            <a href='photos.php?album={$ALBUM_ID}&action=compose'>+ Add New Album</a>
                            <br>
                            &nbsp;
                            <br>
                            &nbsp;
                        </div>
                    </td>
                {/if}
                {$j = 1}
                <td width='{$column_width}%' align='center'>&nbsp;</td>
            {/for}
        {else}
        {/if}
</table>

<!--Start photos-->
    <div class='view_album_lft'>
        {if {albums::info ("id", "=", {$ALBUM_ID}, "num_photos")} == 0}
        &nbsp;
        {else}
            <!--<div class='view_album_photos_header'>";
            Photos In <a href=''>" . albums::info ("id", "=", $_GET["album"], "name") . "</a> (" . albums::info ("id", "=", $_GET["album"], "num_photos") . ")";
            </div>";-->
            {$p = 0}
            {$p_max_columns = 6}
            {$p_column_width = 100 / $p_max_columns}
            <table width='100%'>
                {foreach $PHOTOS_ARRAY as $id => $id}
                {if $p == 0}
                    <tr>
                    {/if}
                    <td width='{$p_column_width}%' align='center'>
                        <div class='album_graphic_container'>
                        <a href='photos.php?album={$ALBUM_ID}&photo={$id}'><img src='{photos::info ("id", "=", $id, "src_thumb_medium")}' style='width: 100%;'></a>
                        </div>
                        <div class='album_graphic_info'>
                            {photos::info ("id", "=", {$id}, "views")} Views
                            <br>
                            {photos::info ("id", "=", {$id}, "num_comments")} Comments
                        </div>
                    </td>
                    {$p = $p + 1}
                    {if $p == $p_max_columns}
                        </tr>
                        {$p = 0}
                    {/if}
                {/foreach}
                {if $p < $p_max_columns}
                    {for $q = $p; $q < $p_max_columns; $q++}
                        <td width='{$p_column_width}%'>&nbsp;</td>
                    {/for}
                {/if}
            </table>
        {/if}
    </div>
   
    <div class='album_info_2_lft'>
        {if {likes::determine ("album", {$ALBUM_ID}, $smarty.const.PHOTOS_USER_LOGGED)} == -1}
            {$NUM_LIKES} Likes &bull; <a href="photos.php?album={$ALBUM_ID}&action=like">Like this album</a> | {$NUM_DISLIKES} Dislikes &bull; <a href="photos.php?album={$ALBUM_ID}&action=dislike">Dislike this album</a>
        {/if}
        {if {likes::determine ("album", {$ALBUM_ID}, $smarty.const.PHOTOS_USER_LOGGED)} == 1}
            {$NUM_LIKES} Likes &bull; <a href="photos.php?album={$ALBUM_ID}&action=unlike">Unlike this album</a> | {$NUM_DISLIKES} Dislikes &bull; <a href="photos.php?album={$ALBUM_ID}&action=dislike">Dislike this album</a>
        {/if}
        {if {likes::determine ("album", {$ALBUM_ID}, $smarty.const.PHOTOS_USER_LOGGED)} == 0}
            {$NUM_LIKES} Likes &bull; <a href="photos.php?album={$ALBUM_ID}&action=like">Like this album</a> | {$NUM_DISLIKES} Dislikes &bull; <a href="photos.php?album={$ALBUM_ID}&action=undislike">Undislike this album</a>
        {/if}
    </div>
    <div class='album_info_2_rt'>
    {$DOWNLOADS} Downloads &bull; <a href="photos.php?album={$ALBUM_ID}&action=download">Download this album</a>
    </div>
    <br clear="all" />

    <!--<div class='view_album_rt'>
        <div class='view_album_rt_header'>
            Share This Album
        </div>
        <div class='view_album_rt_header'>
            Download This Album
        </div>
        <a href=''>Low Quality ({albums::info ("id", "=", {$ALBUM_ID}, "album_size_low")})</a>
        <br>
        <a href=''>Medium Quality ({albums::info ("id", "=", {$ALBUM_ID}, "album_size_medium")})</a>
        <br>
        <a href=''>High Quality ({albums::info ("id", "=", {$ALBUM_ID}, "album_size_high")})</a>
        <br>
        <a href=''>Full Size Quality ({albums::info ("id", "=", {$ALBUM_ID}, "album_size_full")})</a>
    </div>
   
    <br clear='all'>-->
   
    <div class='view_album_comments_container'>
        <div class='view_album_comments_header'>
            All Comments ({$ALBUM_NUM_COMMENTS})
        </div>
   
        <div class='view_album_comments_add'>
            {if !{$PHOTOS_USER_LOGGED}}
                You must <a href='login.php'>login</a> or <a href='register.php'>sign up</a> in order to post comments
            {else}
                {if $COMMENTS_DISABLED == 0}
                    <div class='view_album_comments_single_wrapper'>
                        <div class='view_album_comments_single_lft'>
                            <img src='members/{users::info ($smarty.const.PHOTOS_MEMBERS_FIELD_ID, "=", $smarty.const.PHOTOS_USER_ID, "avatar_src")}'>
                        </div>
                        <div class='view_album_comments_single_rt'>
                        <form action='photos.php?album={$ALBUM_ID}&comment=new&action=add' method='post'>
                            <input type='hidden' name='parent_id' value='0' />
                            <textarea name='body' placeholder="Write your response" class='view_album_comments_add_textarea'></textarea>
                            <span style="float: right;"><input type="submit" class="fb_button_blue" value="Post Comment" /></span>
                            </form>
                        </div>
                        <br clear='all'>
                    </div>
                {else}
                    Comments for <a href=''>{$ALBUM_NAME}</a> has been disabled
                {/if}
            {/if}
        </div>

        {foreach $COMMENTS_ARRAY as $id => $id}
            <div class='view_album_comments_single_wrapper'>
                <div class='view_album_comments_single_lft'>
                    <img src='members/{users::info ($smarty.const.PHOTOS_MEMBERS_FIELD_ID, "=", {comments::info ("id", "=", {$id}, "user_id")}, "avatar_src")}'>
                </div>
                <div class='view_album_comments_single_rt'>
                    <div class='view_album_comments_single_rt_username'><a href=''>{comments::info ("id", "=", {$id}, "username")}</a></div>
                    <div class='view_album_comments_single_rt_body'>{comments::info ("id", "=", {$id}, "body")}</div>
                    <div class='view_album_comments_single_rt_info'>
                        {comments::info ("id", "=", {$id}, "date_fancy")}
                        &bull; <a href="">Like</a> | <a href="">Dislike</a>
                        {if $smarty.const.PHOTOS_USER_LOGGED == true}
                            {if $smarty.const.PHOTOS_ADMIN_ACCESS || $smarty.const.PHOTOS_USER_ID == {comments::info ("id", "=", {$id}, "user_id")}}
                                &bull; <a href="">Delete</a>
                            {/if}
                        &bull; <a href="">Report</a>
                       {/if}
                    </div>
                </div>
                <br clear="all" />
            </div>
        {/foreach}
       
        <div id='view_album_comment_report'>
        <div id='view_album_comment_report_body'>
            <span class='view_album_comment_report_body_header'>Report Comment</span>
            </div>
        </div>
       
    </div>
   
</div>

Need more info, just ask. Thanks.

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to use a while loop to dynamically include() .php files if a preg_match condition concerning the file name returns true, e.g.


if ( $hDirectory = opendir($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"])) {

   while (false !== ($strFileName = readdir($hDirectory))) {
      
      if ( pathinfo($strFileName, PATHINFO_EXTENSION ) == "php" ) {
         if ( preg_match("/frm_/", $strFileName) ) {
            include_once $strFileName;
         }            
      }
                echo $strFileName;
   }
   closedir($hDirectory);
}   


But, it doesn't seem to work as I thunked it would - the loop iterates several times but then unexpectedly exits, which is wrong because there are hundreds of .php files with 'frm_' in the filename!. Thoughly, as I did expect, should I comment out the include() statement all files names get echoed! and things are happy!!!!

Analogiciously,  I'm doing this because I'm lazy and want to be able to 'drop' .php files into the same directory and have my script automagically include them in my project save me from writing another freaking include statement! Am going about this the wrong way? If so, how did y'all get around the tedious task of having to write hundreds of bloody include() statements in your projects? I've seen this question asked a few times in Google-land, but not answered, which leds me to believe I'm doing something deliciously-evil.

Cheers,
Daniel

Hi All,

Can any body let me know what is proper way to write below code?
Quote

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
   for ($colq=0; $colq<=$col_no;$colq++)
    {    
      while($col = mysql_fetch_array($result_display_sequences))
          {
            for ($b=0; $b<=$seq_num;$b++)
              {
              echo $col[$b] . " ";
                   while($asso = mysql_fetch_array($result_column_associated))
                   {
                         for ($c=0; $c<=$asso_num;$c++)
                            {   
                       echo $asso[$c] . " ";
                         if ($col[$b] == $asso[$c])
                               {         
                                 echo "<td>" . $row[$colq] . "</td>";
                               }
                            }
                   }
               }
           }
      }
}


I want to match two values before display the result but somehow at first level its work perfect but then its didnt increase value $b as it should. So i lil but confuse now what am i doing wrong with it. Sorry i am new and trying something hard assignment while test my skill.

i do get result as below
2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Thanks in Advance.

Okay.

Lets say i have a list box.

Code: [Select]
<select name="drop1" id="Select1" size="4" multiple="multiple">

    <option value="1">item 1</option>

    <option value="2">item 2</option>

    <option value="3">item 3</option>

    <option value="4">item 4</option>

    <option value="0">All</option>

</select>


Now what i need it to do is open a file and replace the string [Replace] with whats in the list box. But it has to loop through everything in the list box understand?

So How can i make it so that after it replaces 2 strings it gose to the next list item ect. after it replaces 2 more strings it goes to the next.

So basically every 2 strings it will switch!

Please help!

here my code so far.

<?php
$fh = fopen(" myfile.txt", "r+");
if($fh==false)
    die("unable to create file");
?>


Please help!

how do i loop this so that the option in the drop down list loop.

i tried this but get an error
Code: [Select]
<select name="age"><?php 

for ($i=10; $i<71; $i++;) {

echo "<option value='$i'>$i</option>"; 

}

?></select>

I've searched but can't seem to find anything I can apply to this situation.  Most of the resources are dedicated to dropdown menu's from the same table. 

I have two tables 'regions' and 'cities' and I am looking to create a menu that lists all the cities within a region then moves on to do the same for the rest of the regions in that state:

State1
Region1
City1
City2
City3
Region2
City1
City2
City3
Region3
Etc

My tables:
States table: stateID, state
Regions table: regionID, region, stateID
Cities table: cityID, city, regionID

I currently have two pages- select region, then select city... I'd like to consolidate to one step after choosing a state.

I know I need a nested loop, (while?), and to count the results somehow to retrigger loop; also not sure how to handle two mySQL querries in the nested loop.  I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around it. Thank you.

Hi All,

I've a loop which lists a series of options as checkboxes. What I'd like to do is set 1 as a default. But I've no idea how to do it!?

Here's the code:

<?php $i = 0; ?>
<?php if ( bp_has_groups() ) : while ( bp_groups() ) : bp_the_group(); ?>
<input type="checkbox" id="field_reg_groups_<?php echo $i; ?>" name="field_reg_groups[]" value="<?php bp_group_id(); ?>" /><?php bp_group_name(); ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php $i++; ?>

Any help is much appreciated

TIA

At the moment I have an sql query which retrieves an item and it's latest comments and it works well but I am now struggling to get it to output properly. My query is as follows:-

Code: [Select]

SELECT DISTINCT

@rowtype:='1' AS rowType, //Type of row post or comment
s.id AS rowId, //used as the 'grouper' to group posts and their comments

s.id,
s.body, //text of the post
s.date,
s.aboutItemId, //id of the attached item

u1.id AS u1_id,
u1.username AS u1_username,
u1.name AS u1_name,
u1.surname AS u1_surname

FROM z_posts AS s

LEFT JOIN z_users AS u1 ON s.id1 = u1.id

UNION

SELECT
 
@rowtype:='2' AS rowType,
l.id2 AS rowId,
 
l.id,
l.body,
l.date,
l.id1 AS u1_id,
NULL AS u1_username,
NULL AS u1_name,
NULL AS u1_surname

FROM    (
        SELECT  id2,
                COALESCE(
                (
                SELECT  id
                FROM    z_postComments li
                WHERE   li.id2 = dlo.id2
                ORDER BY
                        li.id2, li.id
                LIMIT 14, 1
                ), CAST(0xFFFFFFFF AS DECIMAL)) AS mid
        FROM    (
                SELECT  DISTINCT id2
                FROM    z_postComments dl
                ) dlo
        ) lo, z_postComments l
WHERE   l.id2 >= lo.id2
        AND l.id2 <= lo.id2
        AND l.id <= lo.mid

ORDER BY rowId DESC, rowType ASC, date DESC


What I want is to output the posts as lis in a ul with the comments for each item in their own ul within each post li so it looks like this:-

<ul>
   <li>Post2
      <ul>
         <li>Comment 2 on post 2</li>
         <li>Comment 1 on post 2</li>
      </ul>
   </li>
   <li>Post1
      <ul>
         <li>Comment 3 on post 1</li>
         <li>Comment 2 on post 1</li>
         <li>Comment 1 on post 1</li>
      </ul>
   </li>
</ul>

How can I create this this via php?

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