Looping Through Database Query
- by DrakeNET
I am creating a very simple script. The purpose of the script is to pull a question from the database and display all answers associated with that particular question. We are dealing with two tables here and there is a foreign key from the question database to the answer database so answers are associated with questions.
Hope that is enough explanation. Here is my code. I was wondering if this is the most efficient way to complete this or is there an easier way?
<html>
<head>
<title>Advise Me</title>
<head>
<body>
<h1>Today's Question</h1>
<?php
//Establish connection to database
require_once('config.php');
require_once('open_connection.php');
//Pull the "active" question from the database
$todays_question = mysql_query("SELECT name, question
FROM approvedQuestions
WHERE status = active")
or die(mysql_error());
//Variable to hold $todays_question aQID
$questionID = mysql_query("SELECT commentID FROM approvedQuestions
WHERE status = active")
or die(mysql_error());
//Print today's question
echo $todays_question;
//Print comments associated with today's question
$sql = "SELECT commentID FROM approvedQuestions WHERE status = active";
$result_set = mysql_query($sql);
$result_num = mysql_numrows($result_set);
for ($a = 0; $a < $result_num; $a++)
{
echo $sql;
}
?>
</body>
</html>
