Error with search results

[cs1h]

Hi,

 

I have a script that searches a database and returns all the relevant results into a table, this works fine but one section of the script is designed to so that it only shows a line of HTML if their is a result in a certain column.

 

The script is,

 

Code:

<?php

$art = $_GET['id'];

mysql_connect("localhost","xxx","poppop"); 

mysql_select_db("xxxs") or die("Unable to select database");

$sql = "SELECT * FROM fsss WHERE forumid ='$art' ORDER BY lastpost DESC";

$result = mysql_query($sql);
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
if($num_rows == 0) {
echo "";
} else {
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$title = $row['name'];
$date = $row['started'];
$started_date = date_create ($date);
$started_year = date_format ($started_date, 'dS F Y');
$started_hour = date_format ($started_date, 'G:ia');
$last_post_date = $row['lastpost'];
$last_date = date_create ($last_post_date);
$last_year = date_format ($last_date, 'dS F Y');
$last_hour = date_format ($last_date, 'G:ia');
$views = $row['views'];
$replies = $row['replies'];
$author = $row['author'];
$last_author = $row['last_author'];
$threadid = $row['threadid'];

// this next line is the problem 

if ($last_author == ""){
		 echo ("");}
	  else {
	  	 $laster = "<span class=\"grey_small\">posted  $last_year at $last_hour by</span> <span class=\"blue_small\">$last_author</span>";}

echo "<div>
  <div id=\"topic_box\">
    <div class=\"topic_left\"><span class=\"blue_large\"><a href=ssss.php?ed=$threadid&id=$art>$title<a/></span></div>
 <div class=\"topic_right\"><span class=\"grey_small\">$replies reply, $views views</span></div>
     <div class=\"topic_info\"><span class=\"grey_small\">posted  $started_year at $started_hour by</span> <span class=\"blue_small\">$author</span></div>

<div class=\"topic_info\">$laster</div>

</div></div>";
}
}

?>

 

 

I have highlighted the problem line in the script. The issue is that I just want the line of html to show up if the data is in the same row as the other data. But at the moment the HTML is showing up if there is data in that column on any of the rows. I hope this makes sense.

 

I presume it will involve arrays but I don't know how to do this.

 

Sorry I did post this earlier but I made a mistake of saying it was solved when it was not, so I am re-posting it. Sorry

 

Can anyone help?

 

Thanks,

Colin