Printing mysql_fetch_array results in multicolumn table

**Schraalhans Keukenmeester** · May 2 '06, 03:55 AM

Re: Printing mysql_fetch_arr ay results in multicolumn table

JackM wrote:[color=blue]
> I'm not sure if this qualifies as a mysql or a php question so I'm
> asking in both groups.
>
> I am pulling the results of a mysql query from my database and want to
> print the results into a two column table. I know how to get the results
> into a single column table just fine using:
>
> while($row = mysql_fetch_arr ay($result)) {
> print "<table border=2><tr><t h>" . $row[name];
> print "<tr><td>";
> print mysql_field_nam e($result, 0) . ": " . $row[ID]." ";
> print mysql_field_nam e($result, 1) . ": " . $row[name]." ";
> print mysql_field_nam e($result, 2) . ": " . $row[address]." ";
> print mysql_field_nam e($result, 3) . ": " . $row[city]." ";
> print mysql_field_nam e($result, 4) . ": " . $row[telephone]." ";
> print "</td></tr>";
> print "</table>\n";
> print " ";
> }
>
> and it works fine. But my efforts to get the reults into a two column
> setup have become frustrating. My latest attempt was:
>
> while($row = mysql_fetch_arr ay($result)) {
> print "<table border=2 width='90%'>";
> print "<tr>";
> print "<td>";
> print "" . $row[name] . " ";
> print mysql_field_nam e($result, 0) . ": " . $row[ID]." ";
> print mysql_field_nam e($result, 1) . ": " . $row[name]." ";
> print mysql_field_nam e($result, 2) . ": " . $row[address]." ";
> print mysql_field_nam e($result, 3) . ": " . $row[city]." ";
> print mysql_field_nam e($result, 4) . ": " . $row[telephone]." ";
> print "</td>";
> print "<td>";
> print mysql_field_nam e($result, 0) . ": " . $row[ID]." ";
> print mysql_field_nam e($result, 1) . ": " . $row[name]." ";
> print mysql_field_nam e($result, 2) . ": " . $row[address]." ";
> print mysql_field_nam e($result, 3) . ": " . $row[city]." ";
> print mysql_field_nam e($result, 4) . ": " . $row[telephone]." ";
> print "</td>";
> print "</tr>";
> print "</table>\n";
> print " ";
> }
>
> This puts the same data from a single result in both <td> fields though.
> I want it to put data from the first result in the left <td> and data
> from the second result in the right side and continue on from there
> until the end.
>
> What am I overlooking on this to make it work as I need it to?[/color]

Not completely sure what you want exactly, but there are some weird
constructs in both cases. You create a complete table for each db row it
seems. The table tages should be outside the loop I suppose.

It is no surprise in the second example you get the same data in both
columns, since that is what you ordered. If what you aim for is a table
looking like this:

ID <ID value for row x>
name <name value for row x>

[etc]

ID <ID value for row y>
name <name value for row y>

[etc]

then replace all the <td> </td> contents of the first column with
appropriate contents.

Sh.
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Printing mysql_fetch_array results in multicolumn table

Printing mysql_fetch_array results in multicolumn table

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