I am trying to make a simple HTML menu system. I am having problems displaying menu links under the correct submenu from a loop. I have a database with two tables. One table holds menu and sub menu headings and the other table holds the contents of each submenu (the actual menu links and names). I need to display the menu title and then the sub menu title from table 1 and then display the submenu contents or links from table 2 and then display the next set of links under the correct submenu Example output would look like this: Say person clicks on Admin menu which is already displayed then the networking submenu heading will display along with the submenu links: Example: Admin (main menu title from db table 1) Networking (submenu title , from db table 1 ping (Link to ping from db table 2) traceroute (Link to ping from db table 2) nsloopup etc........ I don't know how to go about outputing the links under the correct submenu. The main menu is no problem. I am thinking I would need a loop within a loop. The query I use: $query = "SELECT * FROM menutable, elementstable WHERE menutable.menutable_id = elementstable.menuid AND menutable.mainmenu = 'Admin' "; $result = mysql_db_query("menus", $query); This loop simply assigns variables and prints out all output under the main menu called Admin. The problem is how do I display while ($r = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { // start menu table (table holds main menu/sub menu headings $menutable_id = $r["menutable_id"]; $menunumber = $r["menunumber"]; $mainmenu = $r["mainmenu"]; $submenu = $r["submenu"]; // start elements table (table that holds the links and names of each link) // element_id references menu table $element_id = $r["element_id"]; $element = $r["element"]; $url = $r["url"]; $menuid = $r["menuid"]; // next display data this is wrong cause it displays 1 submenu and 1 link looping ?> <TD><? echo "$submenu"; ?></TD> <TD><a href="<? echo "$url"; ?> "> <? echo "$element"; ?></a> </TD> <? // this doesn't work if ($menutable_id == $menuid) { ?> <TD><? echo "equal $submenu"; ?></TD> <? // print "both equal"; // // $b = $a; } ?> Notes: Loop de loop: // outer loop display submenus (when submenu changes display next set of elements or links from inner loop) if submenu changes then display next set of menu links for that submenu // inner loop display elements or links for that submenu until sub menu changes MySQL and PHP4 latest using Linux OS -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]