Format Output

[inspireddesign]

Hello everyone,

 

I have a small problem that I can't seem to figure out but I'm sure there's a way to accomplish what I'm trying to achieve.  Here's my problem:

 

I have a table that has contact information that I want to place in a single string but format the output in the following manner.

 

John Doe                                  Richard Smith     

124 S Main Street                      1001 N Liberty Dr.

Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050            New Jersey, NY 23334

 

Jane Smith                                Damian Clem     

133 N Main Street                      2222 N Liberty Dr.

Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050            New Jersey, NY 23334

 

So, the output has two columns of data.  I can't figure out how the loop would be handled to create the two columns.  From left to right the loop would create contact one information > contact two information > next line > contact three info > contact four > until $contactinfo has no data left to display.

 

 
<?
       while ($contactinfo = mysql_fetch_assoc($contacts)) {	

	$output  = ' ' .$contactinfo['first_name']. ' ' .$contactinfo['last_name']. '\n';
	$output .= ' ' .$contactinfo['street']. '\n';
	$output .= ' ' .$contactinfo['city']. ' '. .$contactinfo['state']. ' ' .$contactinfo['zip'].'\n\n';
       }
?>

 

Thanks for any help provided on this one.

[Maq]

Why aren't you using CSS or a table?

[inspireddesign]

The output is going into a RTF Word doc.  How would you handle this with tables (cells)?