這是所涉及的 SQL 的一個簡單而粗略的範例。我認為沒有必要用 php 來混淆這個概念。只需像檢索其他集合一樣檢索該集合即可。

在此範例中，有許多名稱和許多顏色。人們可以有不只一種喜歡的顏色，而且很多人可以有相同的喜歡的顏色。因此是多對多。

***** Tables **********

person
--------
id - int 
name - varchar

favColor
-------------
id - int 
color - varchar

person_color
------------
person_id - int (matches an id from person)
color_id - int (matches an id from favColor)



****** Sample Query ******

SELECT name, color 
FROM person 
    LEFT JOIN person_color ON (person.id=person_id)
    LEFT JOIN favColor ON (favColor.id=color_id)


****** Results From Sample Query *******

Name - Color
---------------
John - Blue
John - Red
Mary - Yellow
Timmy - Yellow
Suzie - Green
Suzie - Blue
etc...

這有幫助嗎？

範例場景：大學的學生和課程。某個學生可能會參加多門課程，自然而然，一門課程通常會有很多學生。

範例表，簡單設計：

CREATE TABLE `Student` (
    `StudentID` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    `FirstName` VARCHAR(25),
    `LastName` VARCHAR(25) NOT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY (`StudentID`)
) ENGINE=INNODB CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci

CREATE TABLE `Course` (
    `CourseID` SMALLINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    `Code` VARCHAR(10) CHARACTER SET ascii COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL,
    `Name` VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY (`CourseID`)
) ENGINE=INNODB CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci

CREATE TABLE `CourseMembership` (
    `Student` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
    `Course` SMALLINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY (`Student`, `Course`),
    CONSTRAINT `Constr_CourseMembership_Student_fk`
        FOREIGN KEY `Student_fk` (`Student`) REFERENCES `Student` (`StudentID`)
        ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE,
    CONSTRAINT `Constr_CourseMembership_Course_fk`
        FOREIGN KEY `Course_fk` (`Course`) REFERENCES `Course` (`CourseID`)
        ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE
) ENGINE=INNODB CHARACTER SET ascii COLLATE ascii_general_ci

找出註冊課程的所有學生：

SELECT
    `Student`.*
FROM
    `Student`
    JOIN `CourseMembership` ON `Student`.`StudentID` = `CourseMembership`.`Student`
WHERE
    `CourseMembership`.`Course` = 1234

找出所有指定學生修讀的課程：

SELECT
    `Course`.*
FROM
    `Course`
    JOIN `CourseMembership` ON `Course`.`CourseID` = `CourseMembership`.`Course`
WHERE
    `CourseMembership`.`Student` = 5678