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Fido
Fido

Reputation: 15

How can i create dynamic menu with sub-menu with php & mysql?

I'm trying to create an dynamic menu from mysql table with php but i don't know how to create the non category menu, here is what i have so far and is working only the categories with submenus but the non categories ones they are not shown on echo.

MySQL category menu Table:

catid        name         group  
1      category name 1      0 -> whithout submenu
2      category name 2      1 -> category
3      category name 3      1 -> category
4      category name 4      0 -> whithout submenu
5      category name 5      0 -> whithout submenu

MySQL sub menus Table:

  id      name      parentid -> catid (category menu table)   
    1      name 1     2  
    2      name 2     3
    3      name 3     3
    4      name 4     3
    5      name 5     2

My Php code:

 <?php 
           
    function loop($array = array(), $parentID = 0) {
        if (!empty($array[$parentID])) {
            echo '<ul>';
            foreach ($array[$parentID] as $items) {
                echo '<li>';
                echo $items['name'];
                loop($array, $items['catid']);
                echo '</li>';
            }
            echo '</ul>';
        }
    }
    
    function  menu() {  
        $query = $db->query("SELECT m.name, m.parentid, c.group FROM `submenus` m LEFT JOIN( SELECT catid, group, parentid, ico, STATUS , MIN(name) AS category FROM `menu_categories` GROUP BY catid ) c ON m.parentid = c.catid");
        $array = array();
    
        if ($db->numRows($query)) {
            while ($rows = $db->fetch($query)) {
                $array[$rows['parentid']][] = $rows;
            }
            loop($array);
        }
    }
    echo menu();
 ?>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2608

Answers (1)

JollyRoger
JollyRoger

Reputation: 329

Instead of a Left Join, wich leaves out the unpaired records in your category table, try a Full Join

<?php 
           
    function loop($array = array(), $parentID = 0) {
        if (!empty($array[$parentID])) {
            echo '<ul>';
            foreach ($array[$parentID] as $items) {
                echo '<li>';
                echo $items['name'];
                loop($array, $items['catid']);
                echo '</li>';
            }
            echo '</ul>';
        }
    }
    
    function  menu() {  
        $query = $db->query("SELECT m.name, m.parentid, c.group FROM `submenus` m FULL JOIN( SELECT catid, group, parentid, ico, STATUS , MIN(name) AS category FROM `menu_categories` GROUP BY catid ) c ON m.parentid = c.catid");
        $array = array();
    
        if ($db->numRows($query)) {
            while ($rows = $db->fetch($query)) {
                $array[$rows['parentid']][] = $rows;
            }
            loop($array);
        }
    }
    echo menu();
 ?>

Upvotes: 1

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