Mysql sql row to column

Question

Now I have 2 tables

STUDENT:  

STUDENT_ID |  STUDENT_NAME | COURSE_ID  
1000       |  Anson        |     1  
1001       |  Jnson        |     1  
1002       |  Andy         |     2  
1003       |  Alex         |     3  

COURSE:

COUSE_ID  |  COURSE_NAME    
1         |   P5A  
2         |   P5B  
3         |   P5C

Now I would like to produce the result to show the students name in each class

Idea result:

P5A      P5B    P5C
Anson    Andy   Alex
Jason

what should I do, I am using php + mysql to build web system

Answer 1

select * from course c left join student s on c.course_id = s.course_id
order by c.course_name, c.course_id

Enumerate the result set. Each time course_id changes, start a new section.