how display every similar rows in separate table? - php

Question

i'm creating a table that receive orders from users, the C_ID will store in (StationaryCustomersInfo) table where the C_ID is unique, and the table (StationaryOrders) will store every item with the C_ID, the C_ID in (StationaryOrders) table is not unique because C_ID will repeated with every items belongs to that C_ID.
i want to display every orders by the C_ID where every orders for each customer will displayed with separate table.
$sql=mysqli_query($link, "SELECT Item, Personal, Department, Quantity, Color FROM StationaryOrders, StationaryCustomersInfo WHERE StationaryCustomersInfo.C_ID = StationaryOrders.C_ID");
?>
<table align="center" border='3' style="width:60%; line-height:30px; border-color: #020B58;">
<tr>
<th>Items</th>
<th>Personal</th>
<th>Department</th>
<th>Quantity</th>
<th>Color</th>
</tr>
<?php
if($sql){
while($row=mysqli_fetch_assoc($sql)){
?>
<tr>
<td style="text-align:center"><?php echo $row['Item']; ?></td>
<td style="text-align:center"><?php echo $row['Personal']; ?></td>
<td style="text-align:center"><?php echo $row['Department']; ?></td>
<td style="text-align:center"><?php echo $row['Quantity']; ?></td>
<td style="text-align:center"><?php echo $row['Color']; ?></td>
</tr>
<?php
}
}
?>
</table>
I expect to display each customers orders with separate table and button belongs to that table.

Answer 1

This can be done by adding in your query the C_ID and sort the result by C_ID. Then, in php, you can check if the previous fetch C_ID is the same than the current one.
In example :
// Let's factorise the building of the <table> header there to avoid duplication in code
function ShowTableHeader($cid)
{
?>
<table align="center" border='3' style="width:60%; line-height:30px; border-color: #020B58;">
<caption>Orders of user <?php echo $cid; ?> : </caption>
<tr>
<th>Items</th>
<th>Personal</th>
<th>Department</th>
<th>Quantity</th>
<th>Color</th>
</tr>
<?php
}
$query = "SELECT sci.C_ID, "
. "Item, "
. "Personal, "
. "Department, "
. "Quantity, "
. "Color "
."FROM StationaryOrders so "
."LEFT JOIN StationaryCustomersInfo sci "
."ON sci.C_ID = so.C_ID "
."ORDER BY sci.C_ID";
$sql = mysqli_query($link, $query);
if ($sql)
{
if ($row=mysqli_fetch_assoc($sql))
{
// initialize the first C_ID for the first result
$previousCID = $row['C_ID'];
ShowTableHeader($previousCID);
do
{
// different C_ID than before ? Let's build a new <table>
if ($previousCID != $row['C_ID'])
{
echo "</table>";
$previousCID = $row['C_ID'];
ShowTableHeader($previousCID);
}
?>
<tr>
<td style="text-align:center"><?php echo $row['Item']; ?></td>
<td style="text-align:center"><?php echo $row['Personal']; ?></td>
<td style="text-align:center"><?php echo $row['Department']; ?></td>
<td style="text-align:center"><?php echo $row['Quantity']; ?></td>
<td style="text-align:center"><?php echo $row['Color']; ?></td>
</tr>
<?php
} while ($row=mysqli_fetch_assoc($sql));
echo "</table>";
}
}