如何在一个循环中正确显示所有英文定义而不用php分隔？

Question

The logical error display is that the english word that has more meaning are displayed like this:

English word: lie (1)
Definition: not honest

English word: lie (1)
Definition: deliberately say something untrue

English word: lie (2)
Definition: to stretch out on a surface that is slanted or horizontal

English word: lie (2)
Definition: to be positioned on and supported by a horizontal surface

I want the output to be displayed like this:

English word: lie (1)
Definition: 1. not honest
            2. deliberately say something untrue

If it has the same word with different meaning this should be the output:

English word: lie (1)
Definition: 1. not honest
            2. deliberately say something untrue

English word: lie (2)
Definition: 1. to stretch out on a surface that is slanted or horizontal
            2. to be positioned on and supported by a horizontal surface

Here's my code:

    <?php                                   

    $search = $_POST['word'];

    $query = "SELECT *" .
             " FROM english, english_meaning, maranao, filipino, translate". 
             " WHERE english.eng_id = english_meaning.eng_id and english.eng_id = translate.eng_id and maranao.mar_id = translate.mar_id and filipino.fil_id = translate.fil_id and english.english_word like '$search%'";

            $result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error()); 

            $num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);

            if($num_rows==0)
            {
                echo "No Results Found. Please try again";
            }


                while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result))
                {
                ?>
                    <div style = " background-color: #daeaff; border-radius: 10px; padding: 15px;">
                    <font size='3' face='Times New Roman'>

                        English word: <b><?php echo $row['english_word']; ?></b><br>
                        Definition:<b><div style="width:600px; border:0px solid orange; margin-left: 79px; word-wrap:break-word; margin-top: -18px;"><?php echo $row['definition'] ?></b></div>

                    </font>
                    </div>
                    <?php echo "<br>"; ?>

                <?php
                }
            }
    mysql_close($con);
?>

Answer 1

A couple of notes on the code:

• It is subject to SQL injection. You should stop using the mysql_* functions, they have been deprecated, and replace them with msqli_* /PDO methods, and parameterized queries.

• The HTML needs improvement too: you should not have cross-tags (eg: <b><div>...</b></div> ), and avoid obsolete tags that are no longer supported in HTML5 (eg: <font> ).

You could achieve what you want by keeping track of the previous word, and then displaying the whole information or just a part of it. Something like this (in pseudo-code):

1. Initialize previous_word variable to "".
2. While there are still rows (fetch):
   1. If the English word is not the same as the previous_word .
      1. Print "English word: " + word.
   2. Print definition.
   3. Update previous_word with the value of the current word.

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Modifying the code from your question, the result would look like this (only the loop part):

// AM - variable that will hold the previous word
$previous_word = "";
$row = 0;

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) 
{
    // AM - Show the word only if it's a new one    
    if ($row["english_word"] != $previous_word) { 

        // AM - close the previous word definition
        if ($row > 0) { echo "</div><br>"; }

    ?>
    <div style = " background-color: #daeaff; border-radius: 10px; padding: 15px; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:3;">
            English word: <b><?php echo $row['english_word']; ?></b><br>
            Filipino word: <b><?php echo $row['filipino_word']; ?></b><br>
            Maranao word: <b><i><?php echo $row['maranao_word']; ?></i></b><br>
            Definition:
<?php 
    } 
?>
        <div style="width:600px; border:0px solid orange; margin-left: 79px; word-wrap:break-word; margin-top: -18px;"><b><?php echo $row['definition'] ?></b></div>
<?php
    // AM - Update the previous word and the row count
    $previous_word = $row["english_word"];
    $row++;
}

// AM - close the last word definition
if ($row > 0) { echo "</div><br>"; }