Question

.I have the following code. I am wondering why does my “echo '<font color="#FF0000">'.$update_date2.'</font><br><br>'.$status.'<br>';” does not show on the screen?

.is it okay to use while statement inside another while statement? as shown in my code below.

<?php
$getquery = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM it_task ORDER BY task_id DESC");
while ($rows = mysql_fetch_array($getquery))
{
    $id= $rows['task_id'];
    $date=$rows['date'];
    $update_date = $rows['update_date'];
    $project=$rows['project'];
    $topic=$rows['topic'];
    $instby=$rows['instby'];
    $inst=$rows['inst'];
    $dline=$rows['dline'];
    $ocome=$rows['ocome'];
    $comm=$rows['comm'];
    $fin=$rows['fin'];
    echo "<div id=\"container\">";
    echo "<table>";
    echo "<tr>";
    echo "<div id=\"conid\">$id</div>";
    echo "<div id=\"condate\">$date</div>";
    echo "<div id=\"conproject\">$project</div>";
    echo "<div id=\"contask\">$topic</div>";
    echo "<div id=\"conselect\">$instby</div>";
    echo "<div id=\"conselect1\">$inst</div>";
    echo "<div id=\"condline\">$dline</div>";
    echo "<div id=\"conocome\">";
    $updatesquery = "SELECT * FROM it_task_update WHERE update_id=$id";
    while($rows1 = mysql_fetch_array($updatesquery));
    {
        $update_date2 = $rows1['update_date'];
        $status = $rows1['ocome'];
        $update_id = $rows1['update_id'];
        echo '<font color="#FF0000">'.$update_date2.'</font><br><br>'.$status.'<br>';
    }
    echo "</div>";
    echo "<div id=\"concomm\">$comm</div>";
    echo "<div id=\"confin\">$fin</div>";
    echo "</tr>";
    echo "</table>";
    echo "</div>";
}
?>

.where have i done wrong in this set of codes. can anyone guide me pls. TIA! More power! 🙂

Answer 1

You have a semicolon after the inner while

while($rows1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($updatesquery));
{
 // stuff
}

should be

while($rows1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($updatesquery))
{
 // stuff
}