Thanks Tom,
I'm still a newbie at this stuff though, so can you (or anyone) look this
over and tell me what I did wrong...
<?php
//Connect to db
$db = mysql_pconnect("localhost");
mysql_select_db("news",$db);
$result1 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM news,authors ORDER BY `id` DESC",$db);
$is_first=true;
while($myrow=mysql_fetch_array($result1)) {
if($is_first) {
$lastdate=$myrow["date"];
$thisdate=$myrow["date"];
$is_first=false;
}
if($thisdate==$lastdate) {
echo "text here" . $myrow["headline"] . "Posted by <A HREF=mailto:";
. $myrow["email"] . ">" .
$myrow["author"] . "</a> at " . $myrow["time"] . $myrow["$tod"] . "<br><br>"
. $myrow["news"] .
"<br><br>";
} else {
echo "<h2>" . $myrow["date"] . "text here" . $myrow["headline"] .
"Posted by <A HREF=mailto:"; . $myrow["email"] . ">" . $myrow["author"] .
"</a> at " . $myrow["time"] . $myrow["$tod"] . "<br><br>" . $myrow["news"] .
"<br><br>";
}
$lastdate=$thisdate;
}
?>
I wasn't sure how to assign the $lastdate and $thisdate variables.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] displaing news
> rough outline of what you would need to do.....
>
> this is pseudocode.. I'm too tired to write correct php :)
>
> $is_first=true;
> whlie(get next result entry) {
> if($is_first) {
> $last-date=date of this entry;
> $this-date=date of this entry;
> $is_first=false;
> }
>
> if($this-date==$last-date) {
> just put the article after the current one
> } else {
> start a new section, displaying date etc
> }
>
> $last-date=$this-date;
> }
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 5:24 PM
> Subject: [PHP] displaing news
>
>
> Hey all!
>
> I have a slight problem I was hoping you could help me with. I wrote
earlier
> but no response (so one last try). I'm writing a little news script for my
> site, and well here is the scenario:
>
> The SHORT:
>
> I have news,headline,author,date,time,etc. all in a table in a mysql db,
> that I use mysql_fetch_array to pull out of the db and display on a page.
It
> shows everything fine, but I was wondering, if there is more than one news
> entry per day, how can I display 1 date above the news entries for that
day.
> (Instead of a seperate date for each news entry).
>
>
> The LONG:
>
> I have 2 tables in a mysql database, one holds author information (name,
> email, password, etc.)
> The other table holds the news that they submit (news, date, time,
headline,
> etc.)
>
> Now I am trying to display the news on a page, ordered of course by date
(or
> id in this case) and well i'm using the code below.
>
> <?php
>
> $db = mysql_pconnect("localhost");
> mysql_select_db("news",$db);
>
> $result1 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM news,authors ORDER BY `id`
DESC",$db);
>
> while($myrow=mysql_fetch_array($result1))
> {
> echo "<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><img
> src=images/r13.gif></td><td background=images/r14.gif
>
> width=100%><p><font size=2 face=verdana color=white><strong>" .
> $myrow["headline"] . "</strong></FONT>
> <font size=1 face=verdana color=white><br>Posted by <A HREF=mailto:"; .
> $myrow["email"] . ">" .
>
> $myrow["author"] . "</A> at " . $myrow["time"] . $myrow["$tod"] .
> "</FONT></td><td><img
>
> src=images/r15.gif></td></tr></table><br><FONT COLOR=white SIZE=2
> FACE=verdana>" . $myrow["news"] .
>
> "<br><br>";
> }
> ?>
>
> So the results would look something like:
>
> $Headline
> Posted by $author at $time
>
> $news
>
> and it would of course just repeat, for however many entries there is.
>
> Now the problem:
> If I enter 4 news posts a day, I want to show 1 date above all the news
> posts. (Instead of 1 date next to each news post) Any idea how I can do
this
> (In easy to understand lingo/code please)?
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Nate
>
>
>
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