Codeigniter 4 query builder join display only 1 time from first table - php

Question

I have done up a query builder using join. I would like to show table 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and so on based on the user id on table 1. I tried to query the result, it is showing like this :
My Tables
Table users
user_id | username | email
1 | userA | userA#email.com
2 | userB | userB#gmail.com
Table add_game
game_id | user_id | ign | acc_id
1 | 1 | ignA | accA
2 | 1 | ignB | accB
1 | 2 | ignB | accB
3 | 2 | ignD | accD
I will be using foreach loop and I believe it will display out multiple times based on the records in the database. What should I do if I only want to display the information highlighted in the red box (which is from users table) just 1 time and all the records associated with user id in add_game table?
This is my current code :
Controller
public function login()
{
$data = [];
helper(['form']);
$validation = \Config\Services::validation();
$db = db_connect();
$model = new LoginModel($db);
$user = $model->login($this->request->getVar('userlogin'));
$this->setUserSession($user[0]);
echo view('templates/header', $data, $user);
echo view('account/login', $data, $user);
echo view('templates/footer', $data, $user);
}
private function setUserSession($user){
$data = [
'user_id' => $user['user_id'],
'username' => $user['username'],
'email' => $user['email'],
'firstname' => $user['firstname'],
'lastname' => $user['lastname'],
'dob' => $user['dob'],
'country' => $user['country'],
'country_code' => $user['c_code'],
'contact' => $user['contact'],
'game_id' => $user['game_id'],
'ign' => $user['ign'],
'acc_id' => $user['acc_id'],
'isLoggedIn' => true
];
session()->set($data);
return true;
}
Model:
return $this->db->table('users')
->groupStart()
->where('username', $str)
->orWhere('email', $str)
->groupEnd()
->join('add_game', 'add_game.user_id = users.user_id')
->get()
->getResultArray();
I have a few more tables but not yet created for now so I have only joined 1 table for the time being. What am I missing? Or do I have to loop twice? Is there a way that I just need to loop 1 time? Hope someone can help me out here. Thanks in advance guys!

Answer 1

the easiest way to achieve this (display 2 records from add_game table and 1 record from users table) you need to create a foreach loop in your view, and exclude duplicated data from users table to be shown.
controller:
$data['my_data']=$this->Your_model->your_method(); // your query example
$this->load->view('your_view',$data)
view:
<?php $my_id=0;foreach($my_data as $row):?>
<?php if($my_id!=$row->user_id):?>
<div><?=$row->username?></div> <!--data from table user-->
<div><?=$row->created_at?></div> <!--data from table add_game-->
<?php else:?>
<div><?=$row->created_at?></div> <!--only data from table add_game-->
<?php endif;?>
<?php $my_id=$row->user_id;endforeach;?>