[thelist] Multiple columns - howto?

CDitty mail at redhotsweeps.com
Wed Feb 19 07:12:01 CST 2003


Many thanks Anthony.  That got it.  I'll be adding this to my code
snippets.  :)

Kae, Thanks also, I'll play with your tonight when I get in.

Chris

At 10:54 PM 2/18/2003, you wrote:
>At 07:28 PM 2/18/2003, CDitty wrote:
>>Thanks Anthony.  Unfortnately, I can't get it to work.  My logic looks
>>correct, but when I run the script, It total screws up the table and the
>>browser craps out.  Any ideas?
>
>Try this....
>
>$sqlCat = mysql_query("select distinct(mainCat) FROM collectible_cats ORDER
>BY mainCat asc") or die(mysql_error());
>$colNum = 0;
>$colCount = 3;
>echo "<table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' align='center' border='1'>\n";
>while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sqlCat)){
>     $colNum++;
>     if($colNum == 1){
>         echo "<tr>";
>     }
>     echo "<td>" . $row["mainCat"] . "</td>";
>     if($colNum == $colCount){
>         echo "</tr>\n";
>         $colNum = 0;
>     }
>}
>if($colNum > 0 {
>     while($colNum <= ($colCount-1)){
>         echo "<td>&nbsp;</td>";
>         if($colNum == $colCount){
>             echo "</tr>\n";
>         }
>         $colNum ++;
>     }
>}
>echo "</table>\n";
>
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