Parsing one col of multiple rows php

Question

I have e.g. the following data returned from a query, each name is an item:

id      name      comment
1       FF        hey
1       FF        hey back!
2       L         


        

Answer 1

If you are not getting the data back sorted by id already, add to the end of your query:

ORDER BY name

which will retrieve the same list ordered by id. Then in your while loop, add a variable that keeps track of the last item name that you saw. If it changes, add a new li, otherwise, add the comment on to the end of your current list.