';
}
//do a query for the topics
$sql = "SELECT topicNo, topicSubject, topicDate, topicCat
FROM topics
WHERE topicCat = ?
ORDER BY topicDate";
$stmt = $conn->prepare($sql);
$stmt->bind_param('i', $_GET['id']);
$stmt->execute();
$result = $stmt->get_result();
if(!$result)
{
echo 'The topics could not be displayed, please try again later.';
}
else
{
if($result->num_rows == 0)
{
echo 'There are no topics in this category yet.';
}
else
{
//prepare the table
echo '