PHP recursive implementation of infinite classification to generate drop down list functions

 
 
//The recursive implementation of infinite classification to generate drop-down list functions
// �  $tpl->assign('sort_list',createSortOptions ()); 
// �  $tpl->assign('sort_list',createSortOptions ($sort_id)); 
 
function createSortOptions ($selected=0,$parent_id=0,$n=-1) 
{ 
global $db; 
$sql = "SELECT * FROM `@__article_sort` WHERE `parent_id` = '{$parent_id}'"; 
$options = "; 
static $i = 0; 
if ($i == 0) 
{ 
$options .= '<option value="0 "  > Please select a </option>'; 
} 
$res = $db->query ($sql); 
if ($res) 
{ 
$n++; 
while ($row = $db->fetch_assoc ($res)) 
{ 
$i++; 
$options .="<option value='{$row['sort_id']}'"; 
if ($row['sort_id'] == $selected) 
{ 
$options .=' selected '; 
} 
$options .=">".str_repeat(' ',$n*3).$row['sort_name']."</option>n"; 
$options .=createSortOptions ($selected,$row['sort_id'],$n); 
} 
} 
return $options; 
}