Select colum1, column2 from table where value=somevalue

Question

I want to select two columns value and use them with while, i tried but failed. new to php&Mysql..

Mytable = categories ↓

subcat1    |   subcat2   |   category  |
=======================================
High school| Pvt School  |   Education |
---------------------------------------
Jr College | Voc College |   Education |

=======================================

My Query:

sql="select distinct subcat1, subcat2 from categories where category='Education'";
$category=mysql_query($sql);

    <?php
       while ($cat = mysql_fetch_assoc($category))
    {
    ?>

    <a href="Category.php"> <?php echo $cat['subcat']; ?></a>

Output I want to get :

High School

Pvt School

Jr College

Voc College

Please Help me out.. ♥ Hearty Thanks ♥

Answer 1

echo both values inside while loop

<?php
    while ($cat = mysql_fetch_assoc($category)) { ?>
        <?php if($cat['subcat1']) { ?>
            <a href="Category.php"> <?php echo $cat['subcat1']; ?></a>
        <?php } if($cat['subcat1']) { ?>
            <a href="Category.php"> <?php echo $cat['subcat2']; ?></a>
        <?php } ?>
<?php } ?>

Answer 2

Dour your stuff like below-

while ($cat = mysql_fetch_assoc($category))
{
    ?>
    <?php
        if($cat['subcat1']!="") {
        ?>
            <a href="Category.php"> <?php echo $cat['subcat1']; ?></a>
    <?php } ?>
    <?php
        if($cat['subcat2']!="") {
        ?>
            <a href="Category.php"> <?php echo $cat['subcat2']; ?></a>
     ?php } ?>
<?php } //while close ?>

OR better to modify your query only as

sql="select distinct subcat1, subcat2 from categories 
     where category='Education' AND subcat1<>'' AND subcat2<>''";