Here is a basic (untested) example.
$link = mysql_connect("localhost", "username", "password");
mysql_select_db("database", $link);
$result = mysql_query("SELECT product_name FROM products", $link);
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
// read in data
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array ($result))
{
$products[] = $row["product_name"];
}
// display data
$num_display_rows = ceil($num_rows / 3)
$indx = 0;
while ($indx < $num_display_rows)
{
echo "{$products[$indx]}, {$products[$indx+$num_rows]},
{$products[$indx+$num_rows*2]}";
$indx++;
}
-Stewart
-----Original Message-----
From: DRN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 07 April 2001 19:55
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] putting a list of data into 3 columns?
Hi,
I would like to display a list of products from a MySQL database in 3
columns. as shown below:
Product A Product D Product G
Product B Product E Product H
Product C Product F
The problem I have is I don't know how many products there will be, so
I can't just print out the first 3, start new column, print out next
three, start new column, print out rest, end table.
I presume I will have to count the number of results, then use this to
wok out how many have to go in the first column etc.
As I have only recently started using PHP / MySQL I am not sure how
this should be done, has anybody done this (or something similar) so
that I could look at the relevant code.
Many thanks for your help, Donald
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