Question

How can I use PHP to show five rows from a MySQL database, then create a new line and show another five, etc?

Answer 1

Use the LIMIT clause if you want to limit the amount of results returned from the query.

If you want to print an <hr/> after every fifth record you can check it via the modulus operator:

$counter = 1;

while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($rst)) {

 // print $row stuff

 if ($counter % 5 == 0)
    print "<hr />";

 $counter++;

}

Basically, we have a variable used to count how many records we’ve printed. Once that counter can be divided by five, and leave no remainder, we print our horizontal-rule.