<?php
	$xs = "select * from categories order by id";
	$xq = mysql_query($xs) or die(mysql_error());
	$xr = mysql_fetch_assoc($xq);
	$xarray = array();
	do{
		if ($xr['main_cat'] == "0") {
			$xarray[$xr['id']] = array("catid"=>$xr['id'],"category"=>$xr['category'],"child"=>'');
		} else {
			$xp = explode("||",$xr['ancestors']);
			$parent = array();
			foreach ($xp as $lxp) {
				if ($lxp != "" && $lxp != 0) {
					$lxp = str_replace("|","",trim($lxp),$count);
					$parent []= $lxp;
				}	
			}
			$struc = '';
			foreach ($parent as $parent_l) {
			    $struc .= "[$parent_l]['child']";
			}
			$xarray[$struc]  = array("catid"=>$xr['id'],"category"=>$xr['category'],"child"=>'');			
		}
	}while($xr = mysql_fetch_assoc($xq));
	print_r($xarray);
?>