Question

I need help with this. I have a database that displays product type titles.

My code so far is:

    $query = mysql_query("SELECT type FROM certs ORDER by type") or die("Could not execute query"); 


while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query) )
{

   $product .= "<h1>".$row["type"]."</h1>";
}

echo($product);

which returns

<h1>MR001</h1>
<h1>MR001</h1>
<h1>MR002</h1>
<h1>MR003</h1>
<h1>MR003</h1>
<h1>MR004</h1>
<h1>MR004</h1>
<h1>MR004</h1>

etc., but I need it to only return the same value once?

Like

<h1>MR001</h1>
<h1>MR002</h1>
<h1>MR003</h1>
<h1>MR004</h1>

STUCK.COM HELP!!!

Answer 1

Use DISTINCT in the SQL Query..
Try this:

$query = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT type FROM certs ORDER by type") or die("Could not execute query");

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query) ) 
{     
   $product .= "<h1>".$row["type"]."</h1>"; 
}