Re: problem formatting output

On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 10:31 PM, Tim Dunphy <bluethundr@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey all, > > Followign along in php & mysql web development by Luke Welling and Laura > Thompson I came along an example to format the output text file. The file > was meant to hold the orders of a fctional online store. > > Here's the output of the code: > > Bob’s Auto PartsCustomer OrdersOrder DateTiresOilSpark > PlugsTotalAddress9:49pm > EST Saturday, 01/03/2015125$140.00960 Fairview Dr08753010:05pm EST > Saturday, 01/03/2015125$140.00904 Sylvan Ave07632010:06pm EST Saturday, > 01/03/2015334$346.00900 Sylvan Ave07632010:07pm EST Saturday, 01/03/2015125 > $140.00960 Fairview Dr087530 > > As you can see, at the first line the address entry doesn't line up and > then throws the rest of the form out of whack. > > Here's the code that I tried: > > <?php > //create short variable name > $DOCUMENT_ROOT = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; > ?> > <html> > <head> > <title>Bob’s Auto Parts - Customer Orders</title> > </head> > <body> > <h1>Bob’s Auto Parts</h1> > <h2>Customer Orders</h2> > <?php > //Read in the entire file. > // Each order becomes an element in the array > $orders= file("$DOCUMENT_ROOT/../orders/orders.txt"); > // count the number of orders in the array > $number_of_orders = count($orders); > if ($number_of_orders == 0) { > echo "<p><strong>No orders pending. Please try again > later.</strong></p>"; > } > echo "<table border=\"1\">\n"; > echo "<tr><th bgcolor=\"#CCCCFF\">Order Date</th> > <th bgcolor=\"#CCCCFF\">Tires</th> > <th bgcolor=\"#CCCCFF\">Oil</th> > <th bgcolor=\"#CCCCFF\">Spark Plugs</th> > <th bgcolor=\"#CCCCFF\">Total</th> > <th bgcolor=\"#CCCCFF\">Address</th> > <tr>"; > for ($i=0; $i<$number_of_orders; $i++) { > //split up each line > $line = explode("\t", $orders[$i]); > // keep only the number of items ordered > $line[1] = intval($line[1]); > $line[2] = intval($line[2]); > $line[3] = intval($line[3]); > > /* > for ($x = 0; $x <= count($line); $x++) { > var_dump($line[$x]); > echo "<br />"; > } > */ > > // output each order > echo "<tr> > <td>".$line[0]."</td> > <td align=\"right\">".$line[1]."</td> > <td align=\"right\">".$line[2]."</td> > <td align=\"right\">".$line[3]."</td> > <td align=\"right\">".$line[4]."</td> > <td>".$line[5]."</td> > </tr>"; > } > echo "</table>"; > > ?> > </body> > </html> > > I've tried staring at the code for a while, but unfortunately I can't seem > to wrap my head around why this is outputting incorrectly. I was hoping > some more experienced hands could have a look and let me know where I'm > going wrong in this example. > > Certainly thanks for your help! This list is really a benefit to my ongoing > education with PHP! And I definitely appreciate the help! > > Tim > > -- > GPG me!! > > gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B > What's the generated html source code look like?