XML structure while creating from MySQL query in PHP (another one) - php

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I recently asked this question,
XML structure while creating from MySQL query in PHP. I got the answer I needed but now I have a similar case that is missing just one thing.
I duplicated the code and changed as needed but the category rows are not working.
Here is my code
$xml2 = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>";
$xml2 .= "\r\n";
$xml2 .= "<resources>";
$xml2 .= "<version>1</version>";
$xml2 .= "\r\n";
//select all items in table
$sql2 = "SELECT distinct category, name FROM user where user = '$user' and category is not null order by category";
$result2 = mysql_query($sql2);
if (!$result2) {
die('Invalid query: ' . mysql_error());
}
if(mysql_num_rows($result2)>0){
while($row2 = mysql_fetch_assoc($result2)){
if(!isset($previousRow2) || !isset($previousRow2["category"]) || $previousRow2["category"] != $row2["category"])
{
$xml2 .= "\r\n";
$xml2 .= "<category title=\"" . $row["category"] . "\" />\r\n";
}
$xml2 .= "<item drawable=\"";
$xml2 .= $row2["name"];
$xml2 .= "\" />";
$xml2 .= "\r\n";
$previousRow2 = $row2;
}
}
$xml2 .= "</resources>";
This is outputting this
<category title="" />
<item drawable="bigdx_clean" />
<category title="" />
<item drawable="bluetooth" />
<item drawable="bluetooth_audio" />
<item drawable="browser" />
<item drawable="calculator" />
<item drawable="calendar" />
<item drawable="call_history" />
<item drawable="camera" />
The titles are blank though.
I'm using the same concept of the working code from other question. It's a different query so I must have something wrong with it?
$xml2 .= "<category title=\"" . $row["category"] . "\" />\r\n";

Answer 1

You are accessing $row["category"], but this variable is not defined anywhere. Did you mean $row2?
For what it's worth, $row2 isn't a very descriptive name for a variable. If you are looking for another variable name because $row is taken, perhaps you need to move this into another function, where $row will just be local?
If you are (inadvertently) accessing variables that do not exist, it is likely that your on-screen errors are disabled in your local PHP configuration. It is a good idea to turn these on to aid your development process - you'll find that setting in your php.ini configuration.