[SOLVED] Horizontal repeat regions

[Zergman]

I can't seem to figure out how to repeat my data horizontally instead of vertically.

 

I tried searching google, but most of the results are for a dreamweaver extension to do it.  Can't find out how to do it by hand.

 

Here is my query.  Pardon my newbish skills, still learning

<?php

mysql_select_db($database_cntrackanator, $cntrackanator);
$query_rssql = "SELECT * FROM templates_categories WHERE uname = '$username' ORDER BY category_name";
$rssql = mysql_query($query_rssql, $cntrackanator) or die(mysql_error());
$row_rssql = mysql_fetch_assoc($rssql);
$totalRows_rssql = mysql_num_rows($rssql);
    echo $row_rssql['category_name'];

?>

 

So how can I get this to loop vertically instead of down?

[sasa]

while($row_rssql = mysql_fetch_assoc($rssql))
echo '<div class="cat_name">',$row_rssql['category_name'],"</div>\n";

and add CSS to format it

 

 

[Zergman]

Thats pretty cool sasa, im just not that good with css formatting quite yet.

 

Can you point me in the right direction of what im looking for regarding the css formatting for this?

[sasa]

<style>
.cat_name {
display: inline;
margin: 0 2 0 0;
border: 2 solid red;
padding: 2 6 3 6;
color: white;
background-color: blue;
}	
</style>

 

[Zergman]

k, that is pretty wicked, im really going to have to read up on this more.

 

One last thing that will solve this issue.

 

I want to make the output link to the same variable name as whats shown.

 

This is what I have so far but not doing something right here.

<?php

mysql_select_db($database_cntrackanator, $cntrackanator);
$query_rssql = "SELECT * FROM templates_categories WHERE uname = '$username' ORDER BY category_name";
$rssql = mysql_query($query_rssql, $cntrackanator) or die(mysql_error());
$row_rssql = mysql_fetch_assoc($rssql);
$totalRows_rssql = mysql_num_rows($rssql);
while($row_rssql = mysql_fetch_assoc($rssql))
echo '<div class="cat_name">[<a href="">',$row_rssql['category_name'],"</a>]</div>\n ";

?>

 

I want to use the same $row_rssql['category_name'] in the hyperlink but can't get the proper syntax right.

[sasa]

echo '<div class="cat_name">[<a href="',$row_rssql['category_name'],'">',$row_rssql['category_name'],"</a>]</div>\n ";

[Zergman]

sasa, thank you very much for your help.

 

Its really cool learning new things like this