用更简单的方法构建无序列表导航菜单 - 代码美化问题

Question

I wrote a dynamic menu based on three table on db which reflects below level frame:

> Section
>> Categories
>>> Subcategory

Here is my code:

include("connDB.php");

echo '<ul>';
$q1 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM section ORDER BY section_name ASC");

while($getSection = mysql_fetch_array($q1)) {
    echo "<li><a href='content.php?sec={$getSection['section_id']}&cat='>{$getSection['section_name']}</a>";

    $q2 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM category WHERE section_id = '{$getSection['section_id']}'");
    if(mysql_num_rows($q2) > 0) {
        echo "<ul>";
        while($getCat = mysql_fetch_array($q2)) {
            echo "<li><a href='content.php?sec={$getSection['section_id']}&cat={$getCat['category_id']}&scat='>{$getCat['category_name']}</a>";

            $q3 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM subcategory WHERE category_id = '{$getCat['category_id']}'");
            if(mysql_num_rows($q3) > 0) {
                echo "<ul>";
                while($getSubCat = mysql_fetch_array($q3)) {
                    echo "<li><a href='content.php?sec={$getSection['section_id']}&cat={$getCat['category_id']}&scat={$getSubCat['subcategory_id']}&getDetail='>{$getSubCat['subcategory_name']}</a></li>";
                }
                echo "</ul>";
                echo "</li>";
            }
        }
        echo "</ul>";
        echo "</li>";
    }
}
echo '</ul>';

I am wondering if I can find any help to beautify this basic-level code to a better way, more professional way? Thanks for help.

Answer 1

So I know this is an old question. However, for anyone who stumbles upon this there is a solution. It's identical to the other answer however it's also sometimes referred to as Modified Preordered Tree Traversal (MPTT)

Some web frameworks, like CakePHP and Django, have it built in and refer to it as a "Tree" it would greatly increase the flexibility of your menu as well as preserve order.

Answer 2

Have a look at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nested_set_model

remodel your three tables to just one, then change the recurisve calling to one sql statement, and do a little php-looping to create the list. :)