Question

i have for example:

<?php $array = array(aaa,bbb,ccc,ddd,eee,fff,ggg,hhh,iii,jjj,kkk,lll,mmm,nnn, 111,222,333); ?>

and if i use foreach:

foreach($array as $a){
  echo $a . '<br />';
}

this show me data:

aaa
bbb
ccc
ddd
eee
fff
...
111
222
333

but i would like set max positions in height – and if for example data is too long then this should be in new column:

aaa eee ... 111
bbb fff ... 222
ccc ... ... 333

How is the best way for this? I can use DIV or TABLE.

Answer 1

You will need to add a counter in your php, where it creates a new div element for each three elements and float all the div elements to the left.

PHP:

$array = array("aaa","bbb","ccc","ddd","eee","fff","ggg","hhh","iii","jjj","kkk","lll","mmm","nnn", "111","222","333");

$index = 0;
foreach($array as $a){
  $index = $index + 1;
  if ($index % 3 === 1){
      echo '<div class="column">';
  }
  echo $a . '<br />';
  if ($index % 3 === 0){
      echo '</div>';
  }
}
if ($index % 3 !== 0){
      echo '</div>';
}

and in your CSS, you will need:

.column{
  float:left;
}