aligning tables using php?

[farril]

hi there.

 

ive got the following code

 

 <?php
			  print"<td align>$getthreads3[showtime] </td>"
			  ?>

 

i need to align that column to the right. but because its using print it doesnt allow me to just add ="right" into it.

 

is there a way to do this.

 

and also, iv been told using print and echo arnt good programming practice, so how would i go about adding that line without using either?

[Yesideez]

<td align="right">

[DeanWhitehouse]

<?php
echo "<td align='right'>".$getthreads3['showtime']."</td>";
?>

I believe this is what you are looking for.

 

Edit: The second set were escaped, but this site seems to remove it in code tags.

[revraz]

No, since the 2nd set of double quotes will end the string

 

echo "<td align='right'>$getthreads3['showtime']</td>";

 

[farril]

when using that i get this error..

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in C:\WAMP\www\NEW\News\news_board.php on line 281

[DeanWhitehouse]

Fixed, trying to escape it doesn't work in the code tags.

The working one is below.

<?php

echo "<td align="\right"\>".$getthreads3['showtime']."</td>";

?>

[farril]

still not working :/

 

Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in C:\WAMP\www\NEW\News\news_board.php on line 281

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in C:\WAMP\www\NEW\News\news_board.php on line 281

[DeanWhitehouse]

OK, that is wierd. This one should

<?php
echo "<td align='right'>".$getthreads3['showtime']."</td>";
?>

although the array may be causing an error. if so

<?php
echo "<td align='right'>".$getthreads3[showtime]."</td>";
?>

[farril]

neither cause an error. but neither align it to the right either :/

 

i thought right had to be in "'s to work?

[DeanWhitehouse]

No it doesn't, although the browser may vary on this. I believe that there may be a problem before this that is aligning the table data. Try

<?php
echo "<td align='right' style='text-align:right;'>".$getthreads3['showtime']."</td>";
?>

[farril]

yup. that seems to have moved it to the right.

 

thanks. is there anyway to specify how much i move it to the right? or just the variables left, right, and center?

[DeanWhitehouse]

You can use margins, e.g.

style="margin-left:100px;" will move it 100px to the right, away from the left