recursive function category database

Question

i hoping to create a recursive function which i don\'t have an idea yet

this is my code to fetch category from database

Answer 1

Something like this?

function getCategories($mid, $categoryParent = 1)
{
    $return = '';
    $results = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM categories WHERE category_parent = '$categoryParent' ORDER BY lft ASC", $mid);
    while($row = mysql_fetch_array($results)) {
        $return .= "<li><a href='/{$row['category_safe_name']}/'>{$row['category_name']}</a></li>";
        $subs = getCategories($mid, $row['category_id']);
        if (!empty($subs)) {
            $return .= '<ul>';
            $return .= $subs;
            $return .= '<ul>';
        }
    }
    return $return;
}

$mid = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass);
echo getCategories($mid);

Would print out all your categories, of course fix it to exactly how you want, but that should give you an idea of how recursive functions could work

Answer 2

What you need to do, is build a recursive function. That is, a function that calls itself within. An example:

function getCategories($parent=0) {
    $res = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM categories WHERE category_parent = '$id' ORDER BY left ASC");
    if (mysql_num_rows($res) > 0) {
        $category = mysql_fetch_object();
        echo '<ul>';
        echo '<li><a href="' . $category->category_safe_name . '">' . $category->category_name . '</a>';
        getCategories($category->category_id);
        echo '</li>';
    }
}

If I've made any typos in regards to table and column names then obviously swap them out for the correct values.

Answer 3

You should have a look at Managing Hierarchical Data in MySQL.

It gives a good overview of some approaches to using hierarchical data in MySQL.

Answer 4

I would do :

<?php
function getChildren($id=1) {
  $sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM categories WHERE category_parent = '$id' ORDER BY lft ASC");
  echo "<ul>";
  while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)) {
    echo "<li><a href='/{$row['category_safe_name']}/'>{$row['category_name']}</a>";
    getChildren($row['category_id']);
    echo "</li>";
  }
  echo "</ul>";
}

getChildren();
?>