Re: Problem with WHILE using MYSQL database

From: Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 15:24:20 +0000
Subject: Re: Problem with WHILE using MYSQL database
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* Thus wrote Labunski: > > $data = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM firt_table WHERE cat='sweaters' ORDER BY > id ASC ") or die("can't find DB!"); > while($line = mysql_fetch_array($data)){ > echo' <tr><td width="225" > height="19"'.$line['product'].'</td></tr>'; > } > > for example, there are 3 records in the "first_table", so script will output > only 3 records: > <tr><td width="225" > height="19"'.$line['product'].'</td></tr> > <tr><td width="225" > height="19"'.$line['product'].'</td></tr> > <tr><td width="225" > height="19"'.$line['product'].'</td></tr> > > It's ok. But I need to output 10 records always, even if there are less than > 10 records in the database. Just keep a counter for your while loop then output however meany are left: $i = 0; while ($line = ...) { $i++; } echo str_repeat('<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>', 10 - $i); or something to that effect. Curt -- Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

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