MySQL: Left join and column with the same name in different tables?

Question

SELECT * FROM `product` left join category on product.category_id = category.id

This query works fine. But the problem is, both the product table a

Answer 1

Use aliases with the AS keyword:

SELECT p.id AS product_id, p.name AS product_name, c.id AS cat_id, c.name AS cat_name
FROM `product` AS p
LEFT JOIN category AS c ON p.category_id = c.id