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Asked: 2026-05-15T22:16:43+00:00

I have code which retrieves information about players from a MySQL database. I want

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I have code which retrieves information about players from a MySQL database. I want to apply a special case to the HTML output if their ranking changes. I want it to look like this: http://i27.tinypic.com/f406tz.png

But i cant get it to be like i want, instead it prints the rank on every row:

$old_rank = '';
while ($g = mysql_fetch_object($q)) {

if ($g->rankname != $old_rank) {
    echo "<tr><td>$g->rankname</td>\n";
    $old_rank = "<tr><td>&nbsp;</td>\n";
}

echo " <td>$g->name</td></tr>\n";

}

What I want:

<tr>
<td>One</td>
<td>Kraven the Hunter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Kull the Conqueror</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Zazi The Beast</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Vice-leader</td>
<td>Igos du Ikana</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Saint Sinner</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Midvalley the Hornfreak</td>
</tr>.......................

What I get:

<tr><td>One</td>
<td>Tester</td></tr>
<tr><td>One</td>
<td>Kraven the Hunter</td></tr>
<tr><td>One</td>

<td>Kull the Conqueror</td></tr>
<tr><td>One</td>
<td>Zazi The Beast</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vice-Leader</td>
<td>Midvalley the Hornfreak</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vice-Leader</td>
<td>Saint Sinner

</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vice-Leader</td>
<td>Igos du Ikana</td></tr>
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  1. Editorial Team

    $old_rank is never equal to $g->rankname because the way you are setting $old_rank, it will contain HTML tags, and the $g->rankname that you get from the DB will never have HTML tags.

    Try changing your if statement to something like this:

    if ($g->rankname != $old_rank) {
    echo "<tr><td>$g->rankname</td>\n";
    $old_rank = $g->rankname;
} else {
    echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;</td>\n";
}

    It prints the rank name if it’s a new rank name, else it prints empty space.

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