Show Store name by group in Alphabetical - php - php

Question

i want to show stores name in alphabetically format. I have a store table where I am storing all details about a store including its name, logo, discription etc. I want the name will appear as a alphabetical group wise. Such as shown in example. and also show stores by clicking on [A] [B] [C] .... [Z]
A
--> 'Amazon'
--> 'Apple'
B
--> 'Ba...'
--> 'Be...'
<?php
$temp = array(); // would also generate a dynamic array
$result = mysql_query("SELECT LEFT(`name_en-GB`, 1 ) AS FirstLetter, `name_en-GB` FROM `store` ORDER BY FirstLetter, `name_en-GB`");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$temp[$row['FirstLetter']][] = $row['name_en-GB'];
}
Output:
Array
(
[1] => Array
(
[0] => 100bestbuy.com
)
[A] => Array
(
[0] => Adlabsimagica
[1] => Airasiago
[2] => Airtel
)
[B] => Array
(
[0] => Babyhugz
[1] => Babyoye
[2] => Bagskart
[3] => Basicslife
[4] => Bata
)
[C] => Array
(
[0] => Clifton
[1] => Coke2Home
[2] => Condompoint
[3] => Croma
)
[D] => Array
(
[0] => Dabur
[1] => Dealofthedayindia.com
[2] => Dhamaal
[3] => Dominos
)

Answer 1

You can use another array to save position where you are.
Something like this:
<?php
$temp = array(); // would also generate a dynamic array
$position = array();
foreach (range('0', '9') as $i) {
$position [$i] = 0;
}
foreach (range('a', 'z') as $i) {
$position [$i] = 0;
}
$result = mysql_query("SELECT LEFT(`name_en-GB`, 1 ) AS FirstLetter, `name_en-GB` FROM `store` ORDER BY FirstLetter, `name_en-GB`");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$pos = $position[$row['FirstLetter']];
$position ['FirstLetter'] ++;
$temp[$row['FirstLetter']][$pos] = $row['name_en-GB'];
}
?>
Now you have an array with positions in subarray.
Should be working, just be carefully to have all firstletters uppercase/downcase or verifiy before