Question

I has problem looping the second while Loop.It will only loop once.So I can only get the value for the first row for the second loop. Please help me to figure this out, I am a beginner.

<ul id="navbar">

     <?php
     $rel = "SELECT * FROM table1 ORDER BY category";
     $sql=$db->query($rel); 
     while($row = $sql -> fetch_array()){
     ?>

     <li><a href="category.php?id=<?php echo $row['category_id'];?>"><?php echo $row['category'];?></a> 

        <ul>

            <?php
            $sel = "SELECT * FROM table2 WHERE category_id=".$row['category_id']." ORDER BY subcategory ASC";
            $sql=$db->query($sel);  
            while($row1 = $sql -> fetch_array()){
            ?>

            <li><a href="subcategory.php?id=<?php echo $row1['subcategory_id'];?>"><?php echo $row1['subcategory'];?></a></li>

            <?php }?>

        </ul>
    </li>

    <?php }?>

</ul>

Answer 1

You are overwriting $sql for the inner loop, invalidating it for the outer one. Use another variable name for the SQL result identifier in the second query.