looping through a database

I am looping through a database of files that are numbers 1 through 10 if number 1 is in the database I what to print out the first table below if it is not then print the else section below. Then loop through the database to see if 2 through 10 are there and do the same thing. Of course what I am doing does not work. Should I move it all to an array and then loop through it. Or use a foreach loop. Could you please give me an idea where to start looking while($row=mysql_fetch_array($sql_result)){ if ($row["number"]==1) { <tr> <td> File 1</td> <td>This is the file</td> <td>Delete</td> </tr> }else{ <tr> <td>File1</td> <td></td> <td>Add</td> </tr> } }