i was one step ahead of u
<?php
$subject_set = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM subjects",$connection );
if(!$subject_set)
{
die("DB query failed:" . mysql_error());
}
while($subject = mysql_fetch_array($subject_set))
{
echo "<li>{$page['menu_name']}</li>";
}
$query="SELECT * FROM pages WHERE subject_id = $subject['id']";
echo $query;
$page_set=mysql_query($query) or die( "<br>Query string: $query<br>Produced error: " . mysql_error() );
echo"<ul class=\"pages\">";
while($page= mysql_fetch_array($page_set))
{
echo "<li>{$page["menu_name"]}</li>";
}
if(mysql_num_rows($page_set)>0){
}
echo "</ul>";
?>
thats what im currently working on