Question

i am trying to get my data from the database and wrap it with html tags. here is the working code so far:

function homethumb(){ $this->count; $i = 0;
   while($row = mysqli_fetch_object($this->result))
   {
      $this->count++; $i++;
      if($i == 1){echo '<div class="gal1">';}
      echo '<a href="portfolio.php?id=' . $row->id . '"> <div class="gal"><img src="img/' . $row->thumb2 . '.jpg"></div></a>';
      if($i == 2){
      echo '</div> <!-- gal1 -->';
      $i=0;
      } 
   }
}

Here I am getting everything from the database (Select * from portfolio), but in the portfolio I have, websites, demos and graphics; so I wanted to get only the data where category = “web” from the above code, so I tried this:

function homethumb(){ $this->count; $i = 0;
   while($row = mysqli_fetch_object($this->result))
   {
      if($row->category = "web"){
               $this->count++; $i++;
         if($i == 1){echo '<div class="gal1">';}
         echo '<a href="portfolio.php?id=' . $row->id . '"> <div class="gal"><img src="img/' . $row->thumb2 . '.jpg"></div></a>';
         if($i == 2){
         echo '</div> <!-- gal1 -->';
         $i=0;
         } 
      }
   }
}

now the nested if statements do not generate the divs I need, how can I get this working

thanks for your help

Answer 1

I can’t see your SQL based on your question, but you could just modify your SELECT query to include WHERE category="web"

This way, you’re only selecting the rows you need, instead of looping over every row in that table.

Additionally, it appears that you’re using assignment = instead of comparison == for your if statement.