Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP

<?php
// this is very basic and I am not doing a lot of checks.
// I also split my real files up and rarely place this all in one file, but this is just for show anyways.

$dbh = mysql_connect("","",""); //<-- fill in your connection strings...
mysql_select_db(""); //<-- database_name_here

$sql = "select name, phone1 from contacts"; // <-- sample sql
$rst - mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql(error());
if(mysql_num_rows($rst)>0)
{
   $i=0;
   echo "<table class='contact_list'>\n";
   echo "<tr><th>NAME</th><th>PHONE #</th></tr>\n";
   while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($rst))
   {
      $bgcolor = "#fff;";
      if($i%2) $bgcolor = "#ddf;";
      echo "<tr style='background-color:".$bgcolor."'><td>".$row['name']."</td><td>".$row['phone1']."</td></tr>";
   }
   echo "</table>\n";
}
else
{
   echo "<p class='notice'>No records founds.</p>\n";
}
?>

<?php
include('config.php');
include('format.php');
//bunch of other stuff
//then something like
basic("Portland","Collection");
//basic holds the "function" that displays the table in the proper format based on those two variables.
?>

id   page     parent
1    index    0
2    about    1
3    products 1
4    cars     3
5    trucks   3

first pass:
$bc = "/"."trucks";

second pass:
$bc = "/"."products".$bc;

third pass:
$bc = "/"."index".$bc;

$myURL=$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
AddPageToPageTable("shortNameSeenInBreadCrumb", "MyParentsShortName", $myURL);

id   page     parent
1    index    0
2    about    1
3    products 1
4    cars     3
5    trucks   3

<?php
  $bc_arr = array();
  $depth_guage = 0; // this is used to measure the relative path depth
  $home_not_found=true; // home is any top level page marked aa zero in the database table.
  $cur_pg_name = ""; // set to a name of the current page dynamically...

  while($home_not_found)
  {
    // I have not tested this query, but I hope you can follow the logic. If it does not work you may need to split the logic out.
    $sql = "select pr1.*, (select pr2.page from page_relations as pr2 where pr2.id=pr1.parent) as parrent_name, (select pr2.parent from page_relations as pr2 where pr2.id=pr1.parent) as grandparent from page_relations as pr1 where page='".$cur_pg_name."'";
    $rst = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error();
    $row = mysql_fetch_row($rst);

    // if the grand parent is == 0 then stop the loop.
    if($row['grandparent']==0)
    {
      $home_not_found=false;
      //.. build and assign breadcrumb link to array. see below
      //.. also include parent link
    }
    else
   {
      //...build and assign breadcrumb link to array. see below
      //...assign parent name to $cur_pg_name
   }
    // you are below, this should be in the if/else of the loop
    //...each pass
    array_push($bc_arr,"<a href='".str_repeat("../",$depth_guage).$row['page'].".php'> > ".$row['page']."</a>");
    $depth_guage++;
?>

$Results=mysql_query($query);
if (!$Results) die("DB Error in WriteQuery ($query)".mysql_error());

echo "<pre>";
print_r($_GET);
print_r($_POST);
print_r($_SESSION);
echo "</pre>";