Create function to display threads

3 files changed, 36 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/category.php b/category.php
index b26856a..9fffd10 100644
--- a/category.php
+++ b/category.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 include_once 'includes/db_inc.php';
 include_once 'header.php';
+include_once 'includes/functions_inc.php';
 
 echo '<section>';
 
@@ -32,34 +33,11 @@ $result = mysqli_query($dbc, $sql);
 
 if (!$result) {
 	die('Error trying to display threads: ' . mysqli_error($dbc));
-} 
-
-echo '<table><tr><th class="left">Thread</th><th class="right">Latest Post</th></tr>';
-
-$sql = "SELECT post_id, post_date, user_id, user_name FROM posts JOIN users ON post_author = user_id WHERE post_thread = ? ORDER BY post_id DESC LIMIT 1";
-$stmt = mysqli_stmt_init($dbc);
-
-if (!mysqli_stmt_prepare($stmt, $sql)) {
-	die('Could not create thread due to internal error: ' . mysqli_error($dbc));
-}
-
-while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
-	mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "i", $row['thread_id']);
-	mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
-
-	$thread_res = mysqli_stmt_get_result($stmt);
-	$thread = mysqli_fetch_assoc($thread_res);
-
-	echo '<tr><td class="left">';
-	echo '<h4><a href="thread.php?id=' . $row['thread_id'] . '">' . $row['thread_subject'] . '</a></h4>';
-	echo '<small>by <b><a href="user.php?id=' . $row['user_id'] . '">' . $row['user_name'] . '</a></b> on ' . date('M d, Y', strtotime($row['thread_date'])) . '</small>'; 
-	echo '</td><td class="right">by <b><a href="user.php?id=' . $row['user_id'] . '">' . $thread['user_name'] . '</a></b><br>'; 
-	echo '<small>' . date('m/d/Y g:ia', strtotime($thread['post_date'])) . '</small></td></tr>';
 }
 
-mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);
+echo '<table><tr><th class="left">Thread</th><th class="right">Latest Post</th></tr>';
+display_threads($dbc, $result);
 mysqli_free_result($result);
-
 echo '</table>';
 
 include 'footer.php';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/includes/functions_inc.php b/includes/functions_inc.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c10b65b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/functions_inc.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+function display_threads($dbc, $sql_result, $show_category = false) {
+	$sql = "SELECT post_id, post_date, user_id, user_name FROM posts JOIN users ON post_author = user_id WHERE post_thread = ? ORDER BY post_id DESC LIMIT 1";
+	$stmt = mysqli_stmt_init($dbc);
+
+	if (!mysqli_stmt_prepare($stmt, $sql)) {
+		die('Could not create thread due to internal error: ' . mysqli_error($dbc));
+	}
+
+	while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($sql_result)) {
+		mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "i", $row['thread_id']);
+		mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
+
+		$thread_res = mysqli_stmt_get_result($stmt);
+		$thread = mysqli_fetch_assoc($thread_res);
+
+		echo '<tr><td class="left">';
+		echo '<h4><a href="thread.php?id=' . $row['thread_id'] . '">' . $row['thread_subject'] . '</a></h4>';
+		echo '<small>by <b><a href="user.php?id=' . $row['user_id'] . '">' . $row['user_name'] . '</a></b> ';
+		if ($show_category) {
+			echo 'in <b><a href="category.php?id=' . $row['cat_id'] . '">' . $row['cat_name'] . '</a></b> ';
+		}
+		echo 'on ' . date('M d, Y', strtotime($row['thread_date'])) . '</small>'; 
+		echo '</td><td class="right">by <b><a href="user.php?id=' . $thread['user_id'] . '">' . $thread['user_name'] . '</a></b><br>'; 
+		echo '<small>' . date('m/d/Y g:ia', strtotime($thread['post_date'])) . '</small></td></tr>';
+	}
+
+	mysqli_stmt_close($stmt);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index fabec83..3672dbe 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -57,24 +57,20 @@ include_once 'header.php';
 	<table>
 		<tr>
 			<th class="left">Latest Threads</th>
-			<th class="right">Categories</th>
+			<th class="right">Latest Post</th>
 		</tr>
 <?php
 	include_once 'includes/db_inc.php';
+	include_once 'includes/functions_inc.php';
 
 	$sql = "SELECT thread_id, thread_subject, thread_date, user_id, user_name, cat_id, cat_name FROM threads JOIN users ON thread_author = user_id JOIN categories ON thread_cat = cat_id ORDER BY thread_id DESC LIMIT 5";
 	$result = mysqli_query($dbc, $sql);
 
 	if (!$result) {
 		die('Error trying to display threads: ' . mysqli_error($dbc));
-	} 
-
-	while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
-		echo '<tr><td class="left">';
-		echo '<h4><a href="thread.php?id=' . $row['thread_id'] . '">' . $row['thread_subject'] . '</a></h4>';
-		echo '<small>by <b><a href="user.php?id=' . $thread['user_id'] . '">' . $row['user_name'] . '</a></b> on ' . date('M d, Y', strtotime($row['thread_date'])) . '</small></td><td class="right">Posted in <a href="category.php?id=' . $row['cat_id'] . '">' . $row['cat_name'] .'</a></td></tr>';
 	}
 
+	display_threads($dbc, $result, true);
 	mysqli_free_result($result);
 ?>
 	</table>