Question

EDIT: This is what I am trying to achieve: https://i.stack.imgur.com/QJD2Z.png

I am trying to display the results from my database in two columns. I’m a bit new to PHP so I haven’t the slightest clue on how to do this. Can anybody help me with this? Thanks in advance.

Here is my current code:

include('connect.db.php'); 
// get the records from the database
if ($result = $mysqli->query("SELECT * FROM todo ORDER BY id"))
{
  // display records if there are records to display
  if ($result->num_rows > 0)
  { 
    // display records in a table
    echo "<table width='415' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'>";
    // set table headers
    echo "<tr><td><img src='media/title_projectname.png' alt='Project Name' /></td>
        <td><img src='media/title_status.png' alt='Status'/></td>
      </tr>";
    echo "<tr>
        <td><div class='tpush'></div></td>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
      </tr>"
    while ($row = $result->fetch_object())
    {
      echo "<tr>";
      echo "<td><a href='records.php?id=" . $row->id . "'>" . $row->item . "</a></td>";
      echo "<td>" . $row->priority . "</td>";
      echo "</tr>";
    }
    echo "</table>";
  }
  // if there are no records in the database, display an alert message
  else
  {
    echo "No results to display!";
  }
}
// show an error if there is an issue with the database query
else
{
   echo "Error: " . $mysqli->error;
}
// close database connection
$mysqli->close();

Answer 1

A good idea would be storing your data into a simple array and then display them in a 2-columned table like this:

$con = mysql_connect('$myhost', '$myusername', '$mypassword') or die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("mydatabase", $con);
mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'", $con);

$q = "Your MySQL query goes here...";
$query = mysql_query($q) or die("Error: " . mysql_error());
$rows = array();
$i=0;

// Put results in an array
while($r = mysql_fetch_assoc($query)) {
    $rows[] = $r;
    $i++;
}

//display results in a table of 2 columns

echo "<table>";
for ($j=0; $j<$i; $j=$j+2)
{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>".$row[$j]."</td><td>".$row[$j+1]."</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";

mysql_close($con);