Question

I’m trying to build a table that is 5×6 dynamically using PHP. Right now I’m getting my table to be 1×30. I’m probably missing an if statement or something but just can’t figure it out. A little help would be great.

 $data = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM product") 
 or die(mysql_error());
 $info = mysql_fetch_array( $data );
 print "<table border cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'>";
 while($info = mysql_fetch_array( $data )) 
 { 
 Print "<tr><td>".$info['name'] . "  <br /><img src=".$info['pictureURL'] . " /></td></tr>"; 
 }

print "</table>";

Here is a Demo of what it looks like http://nova.it.rit.edu/~mpb8676/FinalProject/compare.php

Answer 1

You are printing a new row for each record with this line:

Print "<tr><td>".$info['name'] . "  <br /><img src=".$info['pictureURL'] . " /></td></tr>";

If you want a 5×6 table, then you’ll have to add in a column counter:

$data = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM product") 
or die(mysql_error());
$info = mysql_fetch_array( $data );
print "<table border cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'>";
$numCols = 5;   // Max number of columns
$colCount = 0;  // Current column count (the counter)
while($info = mysql_fetch_array( $data )) 
{ 
    if ($colCount == 0) {
        Print "<tr>";
    }

    Print "<td>".$info['name'] . "  <br /><img src=".$info['pictureURL'] . " /></td>";

    $colCount++;

    if ($colCount >= $numCols) {
        Print "</tr>";
        $colCount = 0;
    }
}

print "</table>";

There are definitely more efficient ways to go about this, but I tried to keep your code in tact so you’d better understand what your issue was.