/*
        NOTE: this is what I came up with though I don't have the time to test 
it. 
                I think theres another way to solve this just by using a 
different
sql statement.
*/

function getNumDvdsInCategories() {

        $query = "SELECT ca_id , ca_name FROM categories, dvds WHERE dv_caid = 
ca_id";
        $results = mysql_query($query);
        $counter = 0;
        $counter2 = 0;
        $oldflag = "";
        $newflag = "";
        
        while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($results)) {
                
                if(strcmp($row["ca_id"],$categories[$counter][ca_id]) == 0) {
//check if ca_id repeats
                        
                        $counter2++; //if ca_id repeats it means we're still in 
the same
category but different dvd
                        
                } else {
                        //if ca_id changes it means we changed categories now. 
                        $categories[$counter][num] = $counter2;  //counter2 is 
the no. of
dvds in the category
                        $counter++; //goto the next array index for the next 
category
                        $counter2 = 0; //reset counter2
                        
                }
                
                //self explanatory
                $categories[$counter][ca_id] = $row["ca_id"];
                $categories[$counter][ca_name] = $row["ca_name"];
                
        }
        
        return $categories;
        
}

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