Question

$random = rand(4, 23);
$range = range(1, $random );

HI.. guys
I have a random range value here in foreach function i want to display with below
rules.. my aim is to display like a square box

if i get range 1 to 3 it has to display table like this

1 2
3

if range from 1 to 6

1 2 3
4 5 6

if range from 1 to 19

1   2  3  4  5
6   7  8  9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19

Answer 1

get the ceil of the square root of the number of records, and then anytime you’re at an index with a mod of that value that is equal to 0, start a new line. Since you already have $random something like:

$dim = ceil(sqrt($random));

foreach ($range as $index => $number) {
    print $number;
    if (!(($index + 1) % $dim)) {
      print "\n";
    }
    else {
      print " ";
    }
}

May need some adjustment (I’m not in PHP mode atm) and also doesn’t factor in the padding but that should be straightforward.