Sorting nested While() Loops - php

Question

I'm able to sort the second tier while loop for obvious reasons but I cannot get the first one to sort. I know its cause the "for" loop is incrementing. What I want is alphabetically sort first while loop then the second ASC...any suggestions? Here's my code
function get_content() {
$sql1 = "SELECT * FROM category";
$res1 = mysql_query($sql1) or die(mysql_error());
$total = mysql_num_rows($res1) or die(mysql_error());
for($a = 1; $a <= $total; $a++) {
$sql = "SELECT * FROM weblinks INNER JOIN category ON category_weblinks = id_category WHERE id_category = '$a' AND status_weblinks = 'checked' ORDER BY title_weblinks ASC";
$res = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($res)) {
echo "\n\n\n" . '<div class="post">' . "\n";
echo '<div class="title">' . "\n";
echo '<h2><a name="' . $row['shortcut_category'] . '">' . $row['title_category'] . '</a></h2>' . "\n";
echo '<p><small>Posted by Joe email</small></p>';
echo '</div>' . "\n";
echo '<div class="entry">' . "\n";
$res = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($res)) {
echo "\n" . '<p><b>' .$row['title_weblinks']. '</b><br>' . "\n";
echo $row['description_weblinks']. '<br>' . "\n";
echo 'Link: ' .$row['link_weblinks']. '<br>' . "\n";
echo 'User: ' .$row['username_weblinks']. ' | Password: ' .$row['password_weblinks']. '</p>' . "\n";
}
echo '<p class="links"> Back to Top</p>';
echo '</div>';
echo '</div>';
}
}
}