PHP Loop

[Digiboy]

Hi guys, I have a very basic issue, 

 

Im trying to get these results (List all result with coma and delete last coma) like : actor 1, actor 2

 

My total entries are two in mysql but i get first result duplicated and no coma! 

 

This is my code, could you please help me spotting my mistake? 

 

Thank you all

$select_actors=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM actors_in_movies WHERE movie_ref='$movie_ref'");
if (mysql_num_rows($select_actors)>=1) {
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($select_actors)) {
	
	$actor_ref=$row['actor_ref'];
    $select_actor_name=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM actors WHERE actors_ref='$actor_ref' AND active='1'");
	while ($row_actor=mysql_fetch_array($select_actor_name)) {
	$actor_name.=$row_actor['actors_name'].",";	
		$actor_name = substr(trim($actor_name), 0, -1);
	echo" $actor_name";

	}}}

[thebo0]

You need to take some code out of your loop.
 
For example:

while ( $row_actor = mysql_fetch_array($select_actor_name) )
{
 $actor_name .= $row_actor['actors_name'] . ", ";	
}

$actor_name = substr(trim($actor_name), 0, -1);
echo $actor_name;

[Jessica]

The substr is superfluous, you can use trim with a second parameter.

Or even better use an array and implode.

[Digiboy]

Did that and still get the same result

$select_actors=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM actors_in_movies WHERE movie_ref='$movie_ref'");
if (mysql_num_rows($select_actors)>=1) {
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($select_actors)) {
	
	$actor_ref=$row['actor_ref'];
    $select_actor_name=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM actors WHERE actors_ref='$actor_ref' AND active='1'");
	while ($row_actor=mysql_fetch_array($select_actor_name)) {
  $actor_name .= $row_actor['actors_name'] . ",";
	}
	$actor_name = substr(trim($actor_name), 0, -1);
    echo " $actor_name";
	
	}
	
	
	}

[Digiboy]

The substr is superfluous, you can use trim with a second parameter.

Or even better use an array and implode.

 

Thanks but how? im almost new to php

[thebo0]

Oh in that case you'll need to move those two lines out of the first loop.

$select_actors=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM actors_in_movies WHERE movie_ref='$movie_ref'");
if (mysql_num_rows($select_actors)>=1) {
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($select_actors)) {
	
	$actor_ref=$row['actor_ref'];
    $select_actor_name=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM actors WHERE actors_ref='$actor_ref' AND active='1'");
	while ($row_actor=mysql_fetch_array($select_actor_name)) {
  $actor_name .= $row_actor['actors_name'] . ",";
	}
	
	}
	
	$actor_name = substr(trim($actor_name), 0, -1);
    echo " $actor_name";

	}

[Digiboy]

 

Oh in that case you'll need to move those two lines out of the first loop.

$select_actors=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM actors_in_movies WHERE movie_ref='$movie_ref'");
if (mysql_num_rows($select_actors)>=1) {
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($select_actors)) {
	
	$actor_ref=$row['actor_ref'];
    $select_actor_name=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM actors WHERE actors_ref='$actor_ref' AND active='1'");
	while ($row_actor=mysql_fetch_array($select_actor_name)) {
  $actor_name .= $row_actor['actors_name'] . ",";
	}
	
	}
	
	$actor_name = substr(trim($actor_name), 0, -1);
    echo " $actor_name";

	}

 

You are an absolute hero dude, well done, worked like a charm

[Digiboy]

sorry one more question, now if i want to present this as a url then what i need to do? 

 

doing below put them all in one link

echo'<a href="../actors/index.php?name='.$actor_name.'">'.$actor_name.'</a>';