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This is my array

Array
(
    [33] => Array
        (
            [for sale] => Array
                (
                    [1] => villas
                    [2] => plots
                    [3] => flats
                    [4] => houses
                )

        )

    [34] => Array
        (
            [for rent] => Array
                (
                    [5] => in house
                    [6] => appartment
                    [7] => godams
                )

        )

    [35] => Array
        (
            [hostels] => Array
                (
                    [8] => boys
                    [9] => girls
                )

        )

    [36] => Array
        (
            [pg accommodation] => Array
                (
                    [10] => boys
                    [11] => girls
                )

        )

)

and my php code is this..

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($select4)){
    $final[$row['child_category_id']][$row['child_category_name']][$row['sub_child1_category_id']] = $row['sub_child1_category_name'];

}
echo '<pre>';print_r($final);echo'</pre>';



foreach($final as $k1 => $arr1)
{

    foreach($arr1 as $k2 => $arr2){
           echo '<b>'.$k2.'</b><br>';
        foreach($arr2 as $subcat){
            echo $subcat.'<br/>';
        }

    }
}

It displays the records like this

for sale
villas
plots
flats
houses

for rent
in house
appartment
godams

hostels
boys
girls

pg accommodation
boys
girls

How to align them inline..
i need to display 2 records in a row

eg:

For sale and For rent with sub categories in 1 row

Then

hostels and pg accomodation in another row

Edited by chaitu11
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A simple, robust way to get two category blocks per row is to output each category as a semantic block (title + a UL of subitems) and let CSS handle the two-up layout. 's implode suggestion is useful if you want a single comma-separated line of subcats, but it doesn't control layout across columns. Flatten your nested array to a list of "blocks", chunk that list into pairs, then render each pair inside a wrapper so CSS can place two blocks per row. Escape output (htmlspecialchars) and, if running on recent PHP, avoid old mysql_* calls—use mysqli or PDO.

Example PHP pattern (different from the code already in the thread — this flattens and chunks into pairs):

<?php
$blocks = [];
foreach ($final as $group) {
    foreach ($group as $title => $items) {
        $blocks[] = ['title' => $title, 'items' => $items];
    }
}

foreach (array_chunk($blocks, 2) as $pair) {
    echo '<div class="cat-row">';
    foreach ($pair as $b) {
        echo '<div class="cat">';
        echo '<h4>' . htmlspecialchars($b['title']) . '</h4>';
        echo '<ul>';
        foreach ($b['items'] as $it) {
            echo '<li>' . htmlspecialchars($it) . '</li>';
        }
        echo '</ul></div>';
    }
    echo '</div>';
}
?>

CSS that makes those pairs layout cleanly (Grid with a simple responsive fallback):

.cat-row { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); gap: 12px; }
.cat { border: 1px solid #e5e5e5; padding: 8px; box-sizing: border-box; }
@media (max-width: 640px) { .cat-row { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }

Troubleshooting notes: if a theme or other rules interfere, increase selector specificity or reset margins. For consistent heights when sublists differ, use align-items: start on a flex fallback or let Grid stretch items. If you only want inline comma lists (no block layout), 's implode approach is perfectly fine inside the markup above.

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You can use the implode() function to get a list of subcats:

foreach($final as $k1 => $arr1)
{
    foreach($arr1 as $k2 => $arr2){
           echo '<p><strong>'.$k2.'</strong></p>';
           echo "<p>" . implode(", ", $arr2) . "</p>";
    }
}
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