GROUP BY?

Hi all,

Visit my website at http://cupaddon.com/?site=platforms

as you can see there is "Console Platform" and two for "PC Platform".

I want to group these platforms together so that all ladders are shown in each platform instead of showing each platform for each ladder if that makes sense?

Here is the code:

if($show_inactive_platforms) $activity = '';
else $activity = "WHERE status='1'";

$getplatforms = safe_query("SELECT * FROM ".PREFIX."cup_platforms $activity ORDER BY ID DESC");
  echo '<table width="100%" bordercolor="'.$border.'">';
while($pl=mysql_fetch_array($getplatforms)) {

$getladders = safe_query("SELECT * FROM ".PREFIX."cup_ladders WHERE platID='$platID'");
$total_ladder_rows = mysql_num_rows($getladders);

$getmatches = safe_query("SELECT * FROM ".PREFIX."cup_standings WHERE platID='$platID'");
$played_matches = mysql_num_rows($getmatches);

eval ("\$one_head = \"".gettemplate("platforms_head")."\";");
echo $one_head;
eval ("\$one_head = \"".gettemplate("platforms_content")."\";");
echo $one_head;

}echo '</table>';

platforms_head.html template:

  <tr bgcolor="$bghead">
    <td colspan="5" height="20" align="center" class="title">$pl[platform]</td>
  </tr>

platforms_content.html template:

   <tr>
    <td width="25%" align="center" bgcolor="$bg1" rowspan="6">$logo</td>
    <td width="55%" bgcolor="$border">$pl[name]</td>
   </tr>
    <tr>
     <td bgcolor="$bg1">$pl[descrip]</td>
   </tr>
    <tr>
     <td bgcolor="$bg2">$total_ladder_rows Total Ladders</td>
   </tr>
    <tr>
     <td bgcolor="$bg1">$active_teams/$all_teams Active Teams</td>
   </tr>
    <tr>
     <td bgcolor="$bg1">$played_matches Played Matches</td>
   </tr>
    <tr>
     <td bgcolor="$bg2"><img src="images/cup/icons/go.png"> <a href="?site=ladders&platID=$platID">View Ladders</a></td>
   </tr>
    <tr>
     <td colspan="2"></td>
   </tr>

any help is appreciated,

thank you!

anyone>?

You're talking about displaying results, not retrieving results -- that's php, not mysql.