Question

Can I LIMIT 1 for one specific column but not the rest? I have two tables. One with info and one with images. For as many images there are, that many info queries are run. So, it will be 5 images and 5 of the same title. How can I LIMIT 1 title, and LIMIT 3 images?

$query = mysql_query("
                     SELECT `$category`.title AS title,
                     page_images.image_loc AS images
                     FROM `$category`, page_images
                     WHERE `$category`.title = page_images.title
                    ");

            while($fetch = mysql_fetch_assoc($query)) {

                $title  = $fetch['title'];              
                $images = $fetch['images'];

                echo '<b>'.$title.'</b><br />';
                echo '<a href="http://localhost/'.$images.'">
                        <img src="http://localhost/'.$images.'" height="80" width="80" />
                      </a>';

                }

Answer 1

you can group by title and collect image locations using GROUP_CONCAT. and then you can explode the collected locations to an array. and print all the images.

here what i mean

$query = mysql_query( "
SELECT
     title AS title
    ,GROUP_CONCAT( i.image_loc ) AS images
FROM
    `$category` c
    JOIN page_images i USING( title )
GROUP BY
    title
" );

while( $fetch = mysql_fetch_assoc( $query ) ) {
    $title  = $fetch[ 'title' ];              
    $images = explode( ',', $fetch[ 'images' ] );

    echo '<b>' . $title . '</b><br />';
    foreach( $images as $image ) {
        echo '<a href="http://localhost/'.$image.'">
            <img src="http://localhost/'.$image.'" height="80" width="80" />
        </a>';
    }
}