Question

My code does not seem to stop after 6 and 2 iterations – why is this? I do not want more than 6 values displayed from services, and 2 values from cultures.

ECHO "<fieldset>Services: ";
$servicearray = mysql_query("select serv_id from org_serv_xref where org_id='".$org_id."'");
while ($servicearrayrow = mysql_fetch_array($servicearray)) {
    $servdescarray = mysql_query("select serv_desc from service where serv_id='".$servicearrayrow['serv_id']."'");
    $i = 0;
    while ($servdescarrayrow = mysql_fetch_array($servdescarray)) {
        if ($i < 6) {
            ECHO $servdescarrayrow['serv_desc']." ";
            $i++;
        }
        else {
            break;
        }
    }
}
ECHO "</fieldset>";
ECHO "<fieldset>Cultures: ";
$culturearray = mysql_query("select cult_id from org_cult_xref where org_id='".$org_id."'");
while ($culturearrayrow = mysql_fetch_array($culturearray)) {
    $cultdescarray = mysql_query("select cult_desc from culture where cult_id='".$culturearrayrow['cult_id']."'");
    $i = 0;
    while ($cultdescarrayrow = mysql_fetch_array($cultdescarray)) {
        if ($i < 2) {
            ECHO $cultdescarrayrow['cult_desc']." ";
            $i++;
        }
        else {
            break;
        }
    }
}
ECHO "</fieldset>";

Answer 1

Use break 2 instead of break, break 2 exit 2 level of loop.

Have a look at the doc.

You could also use LIMIT 6 in your sql statement.