[SOLVED] Need to sort a list of Ul's after it has been returned by a php script from db

[walshd]

OK

 

I have a navigation system which is being dynamically generated from a db. this is all fine but I want the navigation to now be sorted alphabetically. My knowledge of PHP is limited and so all my own attempts have failed. Can someone please help me out here. the script I have so far is:

 

<?php

if(@$_SESSION["clientLoginLevel"] != "") $minloglevel=$_SESSION["clientLoginLevel"]; else $minloglevel=0;

$result = mysql_query(

          "SELECT

  sectionID,

  sectionName,

  topSection,

  rootSection,

  sectionOrder,

  sectionDisabled

  FROM sections

  WHERE sectionDisabled<=" . $minloglevel . "

  ORDER BY sectionOrder"

  );

 

// prepare special array with parent-child relations

$menuData = array(

    'items' => array(),

    'parents' => array()

);

 

while ($menuItem = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))

{

    $menuData['items'][$menuItem['sectionID']] = $menuItem;

    $menuData['parents'][$menuItem['topSection']][] = $menuItem['sectionID'];

}

 

function buildMenu($parentId, $menuData, $dept) {

 

if (isset($menuData['parents'][$parentId])) {

 

    echo '<ul id="catNav">';

 

foreach ($menuData['parents'][$parentId] as $itemId) {

 

 

    echo '<li><a href="products.php?cat=' . $menuData['items'][$itemId]['sectionName'] . '">' . $menuData['items'][$itemId]['sectionName'];

 

if($dept>1) {

   

    echo buildMenu($itemId, $menuData, $dept-1);

 

  }

 

    echo '</a></li>';

 

  }

 

    echo '</ul>';

 

  }

 

}

 

// output the menu

echo buildMenu(0, $menuData, 5);

 

?>

 

any help advice or a solution would be greatly received.

 

Dave

[trq]

Id suggest you change 'ORDER BY sectionOrder' to ORDER BY 'sectionName'

[walshd]

ahh thanks.. could not see the woods for the trees. was a too caught up in trying to sort the output...

 

Many thanks