Question

i have here a code for the selection of all the data from the database, here’s my code:

<?php

$name = $_POST['cname'];

if ($_POST["Search"] == "Search") {
    $query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM parts WHERE cname LIKE '%$name%'");
    if (!empty($query)) {
        $vsi = 'No Data';
        $date = 'No Data';
        $cname = 'No Data';
    }

    while ($row = @mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
        $vsi = $row["vsi"];
        $date = $row["date"];
        $cname = $row["cname"];
    }

and here is how i echo all the variables,

<tr class="gradeC">
<?php echo "<td width='10%'><font size='-2'> $vsi </font></td>" ?>
<?php echo "<td width='20%'><font size='-2'>$date</font></td>" ?>
<?php echo "<td width='20%'><font size='-2'> $cname</font></td>" ?>
</tr>

My problem is that,

i only get one result from each row but my data in the database are 5.

here is my result

vsi      date             name
123      12/12/2012       test1

but the correct result should be:

vsi      date             name
123      12/12/2012       test1
123      12/12/2012       test1
123      12/12/2012       test1
123      12/12/2012       test1
123      12/12/2012       test1

note,

i make all the data in the database all the same

Answer 1

You have to use TR in while loop.

<?php

$name = $_POST['cname'];

if ($_POST["Search"] == "Search") {
    $query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM parts WHERE cname LIKE '%$name%'");
    if (!empty($query)) {
        $vsi = 'No Data';
        $date = 'No Data';
        $cname = 'No Data';
    }

    while ($row = @mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
        $vsi = $row["vsi"];
        $date = $row["date"];
        $cname = $row["cname"];

?>
<tr class="gradeC">
<?php echo "<td width='10%'><font size='-2'> $vsi </font></td>" ?>
<?php echo "<td width='20%'><font size='-2'>$date</font></td>" ?>
<?php echo "<td width='20%'><font size='-2'> $cname</font></td>" ?>
</tr>
<?
    }

?>

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Warning

your code is vulnerable to sql injection you need to escape all get and post and the better approach will be using Prepared statement

Good Read

1. How to prevent SQL injection in PHP?
2. Are PDO prepared statements sufficient to prevent SQL injection?

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Note

1. The entire ext/mysql PHP extension, which provides all functions named with the prefix mysql_, is officially deprecated as of PHP v5.5.0 and will be removed in the future. So use either PDO or MySQLi

Good read

1. The mysql extension is deprecated and will be removed in the future: use mysqli or PDO instead
2. PDO Tutorial for MySQL Developers
3. Pdo Tutorial For Beginners

I Hope this helps.