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Asked: 2026-06-14T20:47:45+00:00

Please help me i have confusion in getting categories i want to echo each

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Please help me i have confusion in getting categories i want to echo each subcatagory only one time.. 

<?php
mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "")or die(mysql_error())//connect to mysql;
mysql_select_db("ubcommerce")//select database;
$catagories = "";
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM inventory ORDER BY subcatagory DESC")//select data from table;
$found = mysql_num_rows($sql);
if ($found > 0) {
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)) {
        // Gather all $row values into local variables for easier usage in output 
        $subcatagory = $row['subcatagory'];
        $link = $row['catagory'];
        $link = lcfirst($link);
        $catagories .= "<li>$subcatagory</li>";
    }
} else {
    $catagories = "you have no product in your list yet";
}
?>

<html>
    <body>

    <div class="col-content">
        <ul>
<?php echo $catagories; ?>
        </ul>
    </div>

</body>
</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    The easiest solution to the problem detailed in the comments is to write the query like: 

    SELECT DISTINCT subcatagory FROM inventory ORDER BY subcatagory DESC

    (though it may not scale well)

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