How to get multiple columns in one variable in mysql query

Question

I have the table

Articles -------- id,name,type_id
Type--------------id,name
article_type ----------article_id , type_id

I using this query

select A.name from types A 
inner join article_type B on ( B.type_id = A.id and article_id = 10)

Now this query is working but it gives me separate rows but i want all types in one variables so that i can display in table format like

Article name ------------types
milk--------------------dairy , persishable , costly

Answer 1

Use MySQL's GROUP_CONCAT function:

  SELECT a.name AS article_name,
         GROUP_CONCAT(t.name) AS types
    FROM ARTICLES a
    JOIN ARTICLE_TYPE at ON at.article_id = a.id
    JOIN TYPE t ON t.id = at.type_id
GROUP BY a.name