Question

I know how to print data from database on html table but i have one task that i can not understand, and i can not do it.
I have a table in database and when i select those data i want them to display on html table but something like this:

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Answer 1

To achieve a table layout like that you just need to condition the placement of the end of your table rows.

<table>
  <tr>
<?php
  $count = 0;
  while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) :
    $count++;
?>
    <td><?php echo $row['value'] ?></td>
<?php if($count % 2 == 0 || $count == mysql_num_rows($res)) : ?>
  </tr>
<?php if($count != mysql_num_rows($result)) : ?>
  <tr>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</table>

What the above does is use the modulus operator (%, calculates the remainder from division) to print a closing and opening row tag whenever we’re at an evenly numbered result.

Also, if you wanted to change your table layout to be 3 or 4 columns wide all you need to do is change the number applied to the modulus:

$count % 3 == 0 //3 columns
$count % 4 == 0 //4 columns, etc