Hi Ahmed, hope this helps: $ary = array() ; $sql = "SELECT COUNT(*), category FROM movies GROUP BY category" ; $res = mysql_query ( $sql ) ; while ( $line = mysql_fetch_assoc ( $res ) ) { $ary[] = $line[ 'category' ] ; } echo implode ( " - " , $ary ) ; -- red Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote: > ID Title Cattegory > 1 Matrix Sci-Fi > 2 Spartacus History > 3 Alexander History > 4 whatever Horror > > i want to list the categories only like this > > Sci-Fi - History - Horror -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php