* Thus wrote nabil ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hiya, > > How can i draw a new <tr> AFTER FIVE <td> in the following loop > > (i want to echo the records in 5 columns width tables whatever the number of > records will be fetched) > > .. > echo '<table>'; > > while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($sql)) > { > echo $myrow[0]; > } > echo '</table>';
Use the modulus (%) operator. $columns = 5; // Human readable number $new_row = $columns - 1; // the magic number $html_row = ''; // Column buffer $i = 0; // Counter echo '<table>'; while (...) { $html_row .= "<td>{$myrow[0]}</td>"; // $i % $columns sequence will be: // 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ... if ( ($i % $columns) == $new_row ) { echo "<tr>$html_row</tr>"; $html_row = ''; $i++; } } // if we are on a sequence number other than zero // html_row will contain some columns. if(($i % $columns) != 0) { echo "<tr>$html_row</tr>"; } echo '</table>'; Curt -- "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure." -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php