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PHP Integrating PHP with Databases Using Relational Tables Fetching Many Relationships

Bret Marshall
Bret Marshall
2,549 Points
Posted by Bret Marshall
Bret Marshall
2,549 Points

having trouble

Nothing it working for me, what is my problem

index.php 
<?php

include "helper.php";


while($row=$results->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)){
  $items["genres"][]=$row['genre'];
}
/*
 * helper contains the following variables:
 * $item is an array that contains details about the library item
 * $results is a PDOstatement object with our genre results.
 */

1 Answer

Michael Timbs
Michael Timbs
15,761 Points
Michael Timbs
Michael Timbs
15,761 Points

You're almost there. This "genres" element should have an internal associative array with the key of genre_id and the value of genre.

What you are doing is placing the value of genre into the "genres" element. You need to add a key of genre_id in as well.

Something like this

$item["genres"][] = $row["genre_id"] = $row["genre"];