I am trying to make a simple HTML menu system. I am having problems
displaying
menu links under the correct submenu from a loop. I want to be able to
change web menus on the fly.
I have a database with two tables. One table holds menu and sub menu
headings and the other table holds the contents of each submenu (the
actual menu links and
names). I need to display the menu title and then the sub menu title
from table 1 and
then display the submenu contents or links from table 2 and then display
the next set
of links under the correct submenu
Example output would look like this:
Say person clicks on Admin menu which is already displayed then the
networking
submenu heading will display along with the submenu links:
Example: Admin (main menu title from db
table 1)
Networking (submenu title , from
db table 1
ping (Link to ping
from db table 2)
traceroute (Link to ping from
db table 2)
nsloopup etc........
I don't know how to go about outputing the links under the correct
submenu. The
main menu is no problem. I am thinking I would need a loop within a
loop.
The query I use: $query = "SELECT * FROM menutable, elementstable WHERE
menutable.menutable_id = elementstable.menuid AND menutable.mainmenu =
'Admin' ";
$result = mysql_db_query("menus", $query);
This loop simply assigns variables and prints out all output under the
main menu
called Admin. The problem is how do I display
while ($r = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
// start menu table (table holds main menu/sub menu headings
$menutable_id = $r["menutable_id"];
$menunumber = $r["menunumber"];
$mainmenu = $r["mainmenu"];
$submenu = $r["submenu"];
// start elements table (table that holds the links and names of each
link)
// element_id references menu table
$element_id = $r["element_id"];
$element = $r["element"];
$url = $r["url"];
$menuid = $r["menuid"];
// next display data this is wrong cause it displays 1 submenu and 1
link looping
?>
<TD><? echo "$submenu"; ?></TD>
<TD><a href="<? echo "$url"; ?> "> <? echo "$element"; ?></a> </TD>
<?
// this doesn't work
if ($menutable_id == $menuid) {
?>
<TD><? echo "equal $submenu"; ?></TD>
<?
// print "both equal";
//
// $b = $a;
}
?>
Notes:
// outer loop display submenus (when submenu changes display next set
of elements
or links from inner loop) if submenu changes then display next set of
menu links for
that submenu
// inner loop display elements or links for that submenu until sub menu
changes
MySQL and PHP4 latest using Linux OS
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