Group by common id - php

Question

I am trying to fetch data from my database and would like to group common values in the column called order_ids by that id.
This is the state I currently get my data in
Order_Id | Product Name
-------------------------------
10001 | iPhone 5
10001 | Blackberry 9900
10002 | Galaxy S
10003 | Rhyme
10004 | Google Nexus
10005 | Razr
10006 | iPad Air
And this is the state I want to get it in
Order_Id | Product Name
-------------------------------
10001 | iPhone 5
Blackberry 9900
10002 | Galaxy S
10003 | Rhyme
10004 | Google Nexus
10005 | Razr
10006 | iPad Air
Here is how I get the result in my controller file
foreach($results_query as $results_custom) {
$this->data['result_custom'][] = array(
'model' => $results_custom['product_name'],
'order_number' => $results_custom['order_id']
);
}
Here is how I display it in my view file
<?php foreach ($results_custom as $result) { ?>
<li><?php echo $result['model']; ?></li> <br />
<li><?php echo $result['order_number']; ?></li><br />
<?php } ?>
Is it possible to get my data to display like that or in that state by using SQL or PHP? Please let me know if you want to see my query as well.

Answer 1

In php would be easier to do it. As I don't have PHP enviroment to test it I will show you some logic to do it. Not necessarily working code. Thats because you didn't provide what you did
<?
$sql = "select order_id, product name from ..... order by order_id"// rest of sql code ....
//here you iterate your results
$previousId = ""; //var to store previous id
while( $fetch... ){
if ( $fetchedID != $previousId ){
echo $fetchedId . "-" . $fetchedProductName;
}else{
echo $fetchedProductName;
}
$previousId = $fetchedID;
}
?>
This should do.
As you updated your code this is a solution for you:
<?php
$lines = ""; //to make code cleaner;
$previousModel = "";
foreach ($results_custom as $result) {
if ( $previousModel != $result['model'] ){
$line .= "<li>" . $result['model'] . "</li>";
}else{
$line .= "<li></li>";
}
$line .= "<li>" . $result['model'] . "</li><br />";
$previousModel = $result['model'];
}
echo $line;
<?php } ?>

Answer 2

I suggest you to use GROUP_CONCAT for getting the result
You try as follows
SELECT order_id,GROUP_CONCAT(product_name) as product_name FROM your_table GROUP BY order_id
Just look at this http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/group-by-functions.html#function_group-concat
Note : GROUP_CONCAT has a size limit. Check this link for more MySQL and GROUP_CONCAT() maximum length

Answer 3

you might be able to accomplish this in just MySQL, but it might be easier if you just create a php loop. most people prefer a foreach loop, but I like while loops:
$orderid = "number";
$order_query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM ordertable WHERE Order_Id = '$orderid'");
while($order_data = mysql_fetch_array($order_query)){
$ordername = stripslashes(mysql_real_escape_string($order_data['Product Name']));
echo $ordername.'<br />';
}
if you need this for ALL orders you could remove searching for a specific order:
$order_query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM ordertable ORDER BY Order_Id ASC");
while($order_data = mysql_fetch_array($order_query)){
$orderid = mysql_real_escape_string($order_data['Order_Id']);
$ordername = stripslashes(mysql_real_escape_string($order_data['Product Name']));
echo 'ID#: '.$orderid.' - '.$ordername.'<br />';
}