$cat_array = $cat_obj->getCategoriesArray('NULL', "--", "");

echo '<select>';

foreach($cat_array['name'] as $key =>$catname) {

    echo '<option name="neco" value="' . $cat_array['id'][$key] . '">' .

         htmlspecialchars($catname) . '</option>';

}

echo '</select>';

$cat_obj = new Categories();

$cat_array =$cat_obj->getCategoriesArray();



//For dropdowns

$cat_array = $cat_obj->getCategoriesArray("0", "--", "");



foreach($cat_array['name'] as $key =>$catname) {

echo $cat_array['id'][$key];

 echo $catname;

}



?>

$cat_obj = new Categories();

$cat_array =$cat_obj->getCategoriesArray();



//For dropdowns

//$cat_array = $cat_obj->getCategoriesArray(0, "--", "");



foreach($cat_array['name'] as $key =>$catname) {

 //id---->echo $cat_array['id'][$key];

 echo $catname;

}



?>

function getCategoriesArray($parent_id ='NULL', ....

    function getAllSubCategories($parent_id) {

        $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM categories WHERE parentid" . ($parent_id == 'NULL' ? ' is ' : '=') . $parent_id);

        return $result;

    }