How can I build a referral system in PHP?

Question

I have a website with a referal system, and I want the users to be able to see what users they referred, using a treeview.

My database table is set up so that when a

Answer 1

You should give a look at hierarchical data (http://www.sitepoint.com/hierarchical-data-database/)

<?php

    function tree_view($index)
    {
        $q = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE SCode=$index");
        if (!mysql_num_rows($q))
            return;
        echo '<ul>';
        while ($arr = mysql_fetch_assoc($q))
        {
            echo '<li>';
            echo $arr['UserID']; //you can add another output there 
            tree_view($arr['RCode']);
            echo '</li>';
        }
        echo '</ul>';
    }

    mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', '');
    $link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', '') or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
    mysql_select_db('test') or die('Could not select database');

    tree_view(11111);