Question

I am outputing 4 columns from a mysql query, but using the code below doesnt align each column wiht the headers, I guess is due the fact this are static declared against the dynamic rows . Can someone advise a way to align the headers properly with each fetched column ,,,

$tableStyle = "padding: 5px;border:1px"; 
    $tdStyle = "padding:5px "; 
    $thStyle = "padding:5px; align:center ";


    echo '<table style="' . $tableStyle . '" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="7">'; 
    echo "<tr> <th>Quiz Title </th><th> Score </th><th>Maximum Score </th><th>Finished On </th></tr>"; 

    $row = $database->loadRowList();
    foreach($row as $valuearray)
    {
    echo '<tr style=" align="center">';
    foreach($valuearray as $field)
    {

    echo "<td>$field</td>";
    }
    echo "</tr>";
    }
    echo "</table>";

Answer 1

Are you using Joomla? The loadRowList() suggests this. If you are, then use loadAssocList() instead, which returns the field names as well as the field values. You can do then a separate loop to output your column headers and guarantee they match up with the data fields.

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docs for the function here: http://help.joomla.org/content/view/509/60/

you’d do something like:

$rows = $database->loadAssocList();
echo '<tr>';
foreach(array_keys($rows[0]) as $header) {
    echo "<th>$header</th>";
}
echo '</tr>';

foreach ($rows as $row) {
    echo '<tr>';
    foreach($row as $value) {
        echo "<td>$value</td>";
    }
    echo '</tr>';
}