While loops within while loops and output php?
- by NovacTownCode
I have a while loop to show the replies for a post on my website.
The value for parentID used in the query is $post['postID'] which is an array of details for the post being viewed.
As seen below it outputs the following (each subject is a link to view the full post)
$q = $dbc -> prepare("SELECT * FROM boardposts WHERE parentID = ?");
$q -> execute(array($post['postID']));
while ($postReply = $q -> fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
echo '<p><a href="http://www.example.com/boards?topic=' . $_GET['topic'] . '&view=' . $postReply['postID'] . '">' . $postReply['subject'] . '</a>';
}
This currently outputs something along the lines of,
Replies To This Message:
subject 1
subject 2
subject 3
subject 4
Is there a way in which I can also in the list include replies to the replies, something along the lines of,
Replies To This Message:
subject 1
subject 1 reply
subject 1 reply
subject 1 reply reply
subject 2
subject 3
subject 3 reply
subject 3 reply
subject 3 reply reply
subject 4
subject 4 reply
subject 5
subject 6
subject 6 reply
subject 4 reply reply
I understand all the indenting can be with css, but am stuck as to how to pull the data from the mysql database and in the correct order, I tried while loops within while loops, but that involved queries inside while loops, which is bad!
Thanks for your input!
