Can you provide an example of a modified SQL query that would output the desired alphabetically sorted list with jump markers in PHP?

To output an alphabetically sorted list with jump markers in PHP, you can modify the SQL query to retrieve the data sorted alphabetically and then use PHP to add jump markers for each letter of the alphabet. This can be achieved by looping through the results and checking the first letter of each item to determine when to add a jump marker. 

// SQL query to retrieve data sorted alphabetically
$sql = "SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY column_name ASC";
$result = mysqli_query($connection, $sql);

// Initialize variable to keep track of previous letter
$prev_letter = '';

// Loop through results and add jump markers
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
    $current_letter = strtoupper(substr($row['column_name'], 0, 1)); // Get first letter of item
    if ($current_letter !== $prev_letter) {
        echo "<h2>$current_letter</h2>"; // Output jump marker
        $prev_letter = $current_letter; // Update previous letter
    }
    echo $row['column_name'] . "<br>"; // Output item
}

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SQL query alphabetically sorted jump markers PHP example

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