Hey, Thanks again. It should take me around an hour or two just to figure out what you wrote...:-D I guess i have to hit the manual quite a bit.
Thanks, -Ryan > > Hi, > > Thanks for replying. > > no probs... > > > > > I have not worked with arrays much other than simple arrays like the $_get > > or $_post and the database ones...can you give me a another emample on how > > to do this please? > > like how to put my db into an array and then call each part.... > > > > sorry, i'm probably not the best person to give a full working example. my > code works for me, but it's a little sloppy. check the php manual. look-up > associative arrays. > > lets see if i can't give you a quick example tho... > > <? > > $n = 0; > $result = mysql_query( "SELECT id, title, text, date FROM news ORDER BY date > DESC" ); > while ($rows = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { > if( $rows == "" ){ > continue; > } > extract( $rows ); ///extract our result into variables named after our > fields > $content[id][$n] = $id; > $content[title][$n] = $title; > $content[text][$n] = $text; > $content[date][$n] = $date; > $n++; //increment our number for next time... > } > > //this next bit is sloppy coz i'm just gonna make it up for an example > > print "<table>" > for( $c=0; $c<4; $c++ ) //4 coz there's 4 key fields > { > //print the id's > print "<tr>"; > print "<td>ID</td>"; > for( $i=0; $i<$n; $i++ ) > print "<td>".$content[id][$i]."</td>"; > print "</tr>"; > //print the titles > print "<tr>"; > print "<td>TITLE</td>"; > for( $i=0; $i<$n; $i++ ) > print "<td>".$content[title][$i]."</td>"; > print "</tr>"; > //print the text > print "<tr>"; > print "<td>TEXT</td>"; > for( $i=0; $i<$n; $i++ ) > print "<td>".$content[text][$i]."</td>"; > print "</tr>"; > //print the date > print "<tr>"; > print "<td>DATE</td>"; > for( $i=0; $i<$n; $i++ ) > print "<td>".$content[date][$i]."</td>"; > print "</tr>"; > } > print "</table>"; > > ?> > > like i said, this isn't the most glamorous way of doing it, and you really > should look this all up in the manual before trying it out. but if you run > this code (and you have a db to back it up) you should get a table with the > format i think your after... > > > > > > Thanks, > > -Ryan > > > > no probs, hope my sloppy code helps you a little ;) > > -skate- > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php