如:

classID          classFID          className          classCount
      1                  0                   中国                     0
      2                  1                   浙江                     0
      3                  1                   江苏                     0
      4                  2                   杭州                     0
      5                  4                  西湖区                   0

若

findFather('4','0') 显示 => 杭州

findFather('4','1') 显示 => 浙江

findFather('4','2') 显示 => 中国

findFather('4','3') 显示 => 中国 -> 浙江 -> 杭州

代码如下：

    // ========== findFather函数 START ==========
    // 功能:无限级分类之找出父层的相关数据
    // 参数:$classID,当前子层的编号
    //          $type,0找自己 1找父亲 2找祖先 3找家谱
    // 字段:classID主键,自生成 classFID父编号
    //          className分类名称 classCount分类统计
    function findFather($classID,$type)
    {
        global $db,$flist,$forefather;
        define("_STR_CUT", " -> ");

        $db->query("set names 'utf8'");
        $sql         = 'select * from tbl_name where classID = "'.$classID.'"';
        $result         = $db->query($sql);
        $recordCount = $result->num_rows;
        if ($recordCount != 0)
        {
            //取值
            $row       = $result->fetch_assoc();
            $classFID  = $row['classFID'];
            $classID   = $row['classID'];
            $className = $row['className'];

            //若找到祖先,即classFID为0,则将函数状态设为0
            if ($classFID == '0') $type='0';
        }
       
        if ($type == '1') //找父亲
        {
            $type = '0'; //第二次开始函数状态为0,即循环2次
            findFather($classFID,$type);
        }
        else if ($classFID != '0' AND $type == '2') //找祖先,状态type为2,祖先classFID不为0未找到
        {
            findFather($classFID,$type);
        }
        else if ($type == '3')
        {
            findFather($classFID,$type);
            $flist = $flist . _STR_CUT . $className; //生成家谱
        }
        else if ($type == '0')
        {
            $forefather = $className;
        }

        $result = $forefather . $flist;
        return $result;
       
    }
    // ========== findFather函数 END ==========