display the data which contains multiple result - php

Question

This is again an extended quetion of THIS.
I changed my table format, i mean i have created a separate table for vendor_locations where i store multiple locations against that vendor id in multiple rows. and also created a table vendor_products to store multiple products for that vendor.
Now my problem is, As both products and locations will be multiple for each vendor while displaying i am not getting how to display it in a single row.
if the products are 3 and location is 2 then, all the details will be displayed thrice. if i remove either location or product it will work properly. But how can i do this for both
if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{
$sql="SELECT vendor.id AS venid
, vendor.name AS VNAME
, vendor.category
, vendor.website
, vendor.email
, vendor.phone
, vendor.vat
, vendor.pan
, items.name AS iname
, location.name AS locname
, items.item_id
FROM vendor
INNER JOIN vendor_location ON vendor.id = vendor_location.vendor_id
INNER JOIN vendor_products ON vendor.id=vendor_products.vendor_id
INNER JOIN location ON vendor_location.location = location.loc_id
INNER JOIN items ON vendor_products.item_id=items.item_id
ORDER BY vendor.id";
}
$sql1 = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
}
?>
<div class="w-box w-box-blue">
<div class="w-box-header">
<h4>Vendor</h4>
</div>
<div class="w-box-content">
<table id="dt_hScroll" class="table table-striped">
<thead><tr>
<th>Vendor ID</th>
<th>Vendor</th>
<th>Category</th>
<th>Website</th>
<th>Email</th>
<th>Phone</th>
<th>VAT</th>
<th>PAN</th>
<th>Products</th>
<th>Locations</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<?php
$current = ''; // STORE THE SUPPLIER SID
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql1)) {
if ($row['venid'] != $current) {
echo "<tr>
<td><a href='edit_vendor_details.php?id=$row[venid]'>{$row['venid']}</a></td>
<td>{$row['VNAME']}</td>
<td>{$row['category']}</td>
<td>{$row['website']}</td>
<td>{$row['email']}</td>
<td>{$row['phone']}</td>
<td>{$row['vat']}</td>
<td>{$row['pan']}</td>
";
$current = $row['venid']; // RESET STORED SID
}
else {
echo "<tr><td colspan='8'> </td>";
}
echo "<td>{$row['iname']}</td>";
echo "<td>{$row['locname']}</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo('</tbody></table>');
?>
</tbody></table>

Answer 1

use group_concat on the fields if you only wish to show. like this:
SELECT vendor.id AS venid --rest of selection
, GROUP_CONCAT(location.name) AS locname
, GROUP_CONCAT(items.item_id)
FROM vendor --rest of your joins
GROUP BY vendor.id
see more about it here: MySQL Aggregate Functions