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    <p>What I'm trying to accomplish is a back-end Admin panel, with multiple forms to edit tables from a database.</p> <p>I would like to run one SQL query on the page, &amp; refer to it multiple times (<strong>possibly creating 3 different loops out of this same query, without having to query it more than once</strong>).</p> <p><em>I can't figure out how to make the query work outside of its initial loop</em>, if possible at all.</p> <p>I already have the SQL statement that would work on all the forms (since basically my forms just query the same 2 tables over &amp; over again), but I can't use it more than once... I already tried it, but can't get it to work. </p> <p><strong>I just want to run this query once, &amp; simply refer back to it whenever I need to use it again on the page.</strong> (Perhaps by creating a new <em>while</em> loop? Tried it, doesn't work. Use different variables? Doesn't work. I'm itching to find out what DOES...) </p> <p>This Admin panel is a single PHP page, divided by compartments based on administrative tasks. </p> <p>For some idea, it is like so ~</p> <hr> <h2>// UPLOAD PHOTO //</h2> <p><em>(options available are...)</em><br> - Upload photo<br> - Add Photo Title<br> <strong>01.</strong> Select Category <strong>|| SQL QUERY!</strong> LOOP <strong>-</strong> Drop-down list of Categories<br> <strong>02.</strong> Select Sub-categories <strong>|| SQL QUERY!</strong> LOOP <strong>-</strong> Checkbox list of Categories + Sub-categories<br> - Add Tags<br> - Add Photo Description / Commentary </p> <h2>// MANAGE CATEGORIES //</h2> <p><em>(options available are...)</em><br> - Create a new Category<br> <strong>03.</strong> Delete Multiple Categories <strong>|| SQL QUERY!</strong> LOOP <strong>-</strong> Checkbox list of Categories + # of entries each<br> <strong>04.</strong> Rename Category <strong>|| SQL QUERY!</strong> LOOP <strong>-</strong> List of Categories<br> <strong>05.</strong> Edit Sub-Category <strong>|| SQL QUERY!</strong> LOOP <strong>-</strong> List of Sub-categories </p> <hr> <p>So on &amp; so forth...<br> As you can see, all queries made are related to Categories. </p> <p>I actually have completed a working version of this but one with too many SQL queries on just a single page (for the exact same tables over &amp; over again), it just seems impractical and thoughtless. There has got to be a better way...</p> <p>The query I'd like to use just once (&amp; the one I'm using right now) is:</p> <pre class="lang-sql prettyprint-override"><code>$sql = "SELECT category.id, category.name, COUNT(records.category_id) as number FROM category LEFT OUTER JOIN records ON category.id = records.category_id WHERE category.active = 1 GROUP BY category.id ORDER BY category.name"; $result = mysql_query($sql); while($rows = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { echo "SAMPLE LOOP" . $rows['id'] . $rows['name'] . $rows['number']; } </code></pre> <p>Is there a way to achieve what I am trying to achieve?<br> <strong>Thank you for your time and wisdom!</strong></p>
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