Re: better looking ?

while (list($id, $name, $desc) = mysql_fetch_row($query)) { if ($x == 0) { echo "<tr><td><a href=$PHP_SELF?catid=$id>$name</a> - $desc</td>"; $y = $x = 1; continue; } if ($x == 1) { $y++; echo "<td><a href=$PHP_SELF?catid=$id>$name</a></td>"; if ($y > $cols) $x = 2; continue; } if ($x == 2) { echo "</tr><tr><td><a href=$PHP_SELF?catid=$id>$name</a></td>"; $x = 1; } } This will solve the 2nd last problem of all same column things, I know there's a better way, I've done it myself, but I don't have the source right now.... though this should be ok... --- Larry Linthicum <webmaster@RetrieverSports.net> wrote: > My website uses PHP and MySQL to generate many > pages, most of them lists of > one sort or other. > > I'm new tto this, and the only way I've seen to > display such lists is in a > HTML table, using 'While" looping > > it works, but it gets visually boring after a while > > can anyone point me to pages (AND/ OR code) that > have nice looking and > varied display of such data? > > are multiple column displays possible with arrays > containing a single > database field's values? > > while ($row-mysql_fetch_array($result)) { > $name = $row[name]; > echo > > "<tr><td>$name</td><td>$name</td><td>$name</td>"; > } > > seems to print the same name 3 times, in each table > row, instead of cycling > through the array, how is this supposed to be done? > > anyone using Flash to display database lists more > interestingly? example > sites? > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: > php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > ===== To Find Out More About Me : http://mukul.tsx.org/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/