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phpmysqlgroup-concat

Using php to return GROUP_CONCAT('column x') values


I am trying to use PHP to return SQL values into an HTML table. I am able to get every column to populate without a problem except for the last column, "GROUP _ CONCAT (provision_id)."

Relevant code:

<?php

global $wpdb;
$wpdb->show_errors();
$contents = $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare("SELECT salaries.id, name, remaining, contract_value, GROUP_CONCAT( provision_id ) FROM salaries LEFT JOIN contracts ON contracts.id = salaries.id GROUP BY salaries.id"));

 ?>

   [table header stuff...]

<?php 

    foreach ($contents as $content) {
        ?>   
             <tr>
                    <td><?php echo $content->name ?></td>
                    <td><?php echo $content->remaining ?></td>
                    <td><?php echo $content->contract_value ?></td>
                    <td><?php echo $content->GROUP_CONCAT(provision_id) ?></td>

    <?php }; ?>   

            </tr>

Just echoing $content->provision-id doesn't work either.


Solution

  • Use an alias for the column.

    GROUP_CONCAT( provision_id ) as pids
    ...
    echo $content->pids