Displaying values from mysqli with loop - php

Question

I need to be able to display the course_desc on line 30, beside the course_name.
<?php
$result = $db->query("select distinct c.dbid, c.course_name, c.course_image, m.module_id, m.module_name, m.module_name_id, m.module_image, m.hasFiles, m.files from courses c join modules_to_courses mc on (c.dbid = mc.courses_id) join modules m on (mc.modules_id = m.module_id)");
$course_name = $db->query("SELECT distinct course_name, course_desc FROM courses");
while ($temp = $course_name->fetch_assoc()) {
$courses[] = $temp['course_name'];
}
$final = array();
// Retrieve results
while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
// Add to final array via counter if valid course is found
if (in_array($row['course_name'], $courses)) {
$final[$row['course_name']][] = $row;
}
}
// Display if final array is not empty
if (!empty($final)) {
// Loop through each potential course name
foreach ($courses as $name) {
// Output if the course has values within the final array
if (array_key_exists($name, $final)) {
echo '<div>'."\n";
echo ' '. $name . "\n";
echo '<!-- list of modules -->'."\n";
// Loop through internal values
foreach ($final[$name] as $value) {
$module_name = $value['module_name'];
echo ' '. $module_name ."\n";
}
echo ' </div>'."\n";
}
}
}
?>

Answer 1

You already having your course description in $final so you can access it using,
$final[$name]['course_desc']
I have created a paste based on your with changes. Also note that it's need to change your $final array.

Answer 2

distinct course_name, course_desc means you are trying to fetch the values regarding to distinct course_name and distinct course_desc together. You may wanna use group by instead. If I understood correctly, your statement will not bring you distinct course names and their related course desc. (if that is what you want)