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    <p>You could add an if statement to test if the $current_cat is equal to the previous loops $current_cat. Do so by adding a new variable $last_cat, setting it equal to the current iterations $current_cat at the end of the while loop. Here is an example</p> <pre><code> $select = "SELECT * FROM `table` ORDER BY `category`"; $result = mysql_query($select); $current_cat = null; $last_cat = null; while ($rows = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { if ($current_cat == null) { // Create a table with an id name of the first table echo "&lt;table id='" . $rows["category"] . "'&gt;"; // Write the first row of the table - Category Title echo "&lt;tr class='categoryTitle'&gt;&lt;td&gt;" . $rows["category"] . "&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;"; } // Set the $current_cat to current loop category value $current_cat = $rows["category"]; if ($last_cat != null) { if ($current_cat != $last_cat) { // Close table from previous $current_cat echo "&lt;/table&gt;"; // Create new table with id name of the category echo "&lt;table id='" . $rows["category"] . "'&gt;"; // Write the first row of the table - Category Title echo "&lt;tr class='categoryTitle'&gt;&lt;td&gt;" . $rows["category"] . "&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;"; } } } // Write new row in table with the value of the title echo "&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;" . $rows[title] . "&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;"; // set the $last_cat to the value of $current_cat at the end of the loop $last_cat = $current_cat; } // Close the last table after while loop ends echo "&lt;/table&gt;"; </code></pre> <p>This will allow you to create separate tables based on the category name no matter how many categories you have and allow you to style the tables based on the category name.</p>
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    1. COthank you so much @Matt , thank you for giving me your time, I appreciate it a lot. btw, there is just one error. echo "<tr class="categoryTitle"><td>$current_cat</td></tr>"; must be echo "<tr class="categoryTitle"><td>$rows[category]</td></tr>";
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    2. COwhy did you put an id for table, I'm just curious :)
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    3. COI put the id in the table so that you can control its styling through CSS. This will also allow you to use JavaScript by calling each table independently... Good for highlighting effects or on click actions. It isn't required to make the code work, however, it will make the life of other developers on your team easier if you are only working on the PHP.
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