如果变量有重复项，PHP 仅显示第一个实例 - PHP if a variable has duplicate only display first instance?

PHP if a variable has duplicate only display first instance?

我创建了一个包含以下行和值的mysql表：

   category | item_name
   ======================= 
   Dinner   |  Lobster
   Dinner   |  Pizza
   Lunch    |  Sandwich
   Lunch    |  Soup
   Lunch    |  Salad
  -------------------------

然后我查询数据库，结果放在数组"$menu_selected"中。我循环遍历"$menu_selected"以显示结果。

    foreach($menu_selected as $m):
           echo $category = $m->category . "<br>";
           echo $item_name = $m->item_name . "<br><br>";
    endforeach;

输出：

    Dinner
    Lobster
    Dinner
    Pizza
    Lunch
    Sandwich
    Lunch
    Soup
    Lunch
    Salad

如何在 PHP 中过滤类别，使其不会仅回显每个类别的第一个实例？类别行值并不总是"晚餐"或"午餐"，我希望能够回显类别而不将其与 if（$category =='Dinner'）{} 这样的常量进行比较。我花了一周时间研究，但无法弄清楚。任何人的帮助将不胜感激。

我希望输出看起来像这样：

 **Dinner**
 Lobster
 Pizza
 Sandwich
 **Lunch**
 Sandwich
 Soup
 Salad

确保在查询中按类别排序。然后只需在循环外添加一个$category变量，如果该变量已更改，则输出标头。

$category = '';
foreach($menu_selected as $m) {
     if ($m->category != $category) {
        echo "**$m->category** <br>";
        $category = $m->category;
     }
     echo $m->category . "<br>";
     echo $m->item_name . "<br><br>";
}

$cat_item_array = ARRAY();
foreach($menu_selected as $m) {
    if (!isset($cat_item_array[$m->category])) {
     $cat_item_array[$m->category] = $m->item_name;
     echo "found new category: ".$m->category . " (Added item: ".$m->item_name.")<br>";
     continue;
   }
    $cat_item_array[$m->category] = $m->item_name;
    echo "Added item ".$m->item_name." to category ".$m->category.".<br><br>";
}
print '<pre>'; var_dump($cat_item_array); print '</pre>';

只需使用 2 foreach 方法。第一个用于类别第二个用于项目

foreach($menu_selected as $m1):
       echo $category = $m1->category . "<br>";        
    foreach($menu_selected as $m):
       echo $item_name = $m->item_name . "<br><br>";
            if ($m->category != $m1->category) 
                    {
                      break;
                    }
    endforeach;
endforeach;