Question

I want 3 item per div (the sample has a total of 7 items) like this:

<div>
  <item/>
  <item/>
  <item/>
</div>
<div>
  <item/>
  <item/>
</div>

But I can’t do

while($r = mysql_fetch_array($q){
    ?><item/><?
}

if(++$i%3==1){ 
    //blabla:) 
}

Because it incorrectly prints out

<div>
  <item/>
  <item/>
  <item/>
</div>
<div>
  <item/>
...

How do I correctly print out the items in blocks of 3?

Answer 1

You were most of the way there.

$result = mysql_query("SELECT ....");

$recordCounter = 0;
$record = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
while ($record) {
    if ($recordCounter % 3 == 0) {
?>
    <div class="item-block">
<?php
    }
?>
        <div class="item"></div>
<?php
    $record = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
    $recordCounter++;

    if ($record === false || $recordCounter % 3 == 0) {
?>
    </div>
<?php
    }
}

mysql_free_result($result);