PHP HTML after 5 States in a Row Go to Next Row

[derekshull]

I have a script that displays the States and the cities in that state where we have records.  This is the code I had at first:

 

$lookup = "SELECT state, city, count(city) as num FROM needs WHERE country IS NULL AND 

status='posted' GROUP BY state, city ORDER BY state, city";
if ($result = mysql_query($lookup)) {
        $num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);

        echo "<table>";
        $i = 1;
        $cols = 3;
        $prev = '';
        while ($frows = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
                $fcity = $frows['city'];
                $fstate = $frows['state'];
                $fcitycount = $frows['num'];  // num is holding your count by city

if ($fstate != $prev) {
echo "<tr><td><h2>$fstate</h2></td>";
$prev = $fstate;
}


echo "<tr><td><a href='browseresults.php?city=$fcity&state=$fstate'>$fcity, $fstate ($fcitycount)</a></td></tr>";


}
echo "</table>";
}

 

 

When output comes out I want it to look like the following but it doesn't work:

 

Arkansas               Tennessee           Missouri
Searcy, AR (1)         Bartlett, TN (1)    St. Louis, MO (4)
Little Rock, AR (4)    Memphis, TN (3)     Perry, MO (3)
Benton, AR (2)                             Branson, MO (1)
                                           Shell, MO (2)

 

Does anyone know how it can be done?  After 5 hours and a stackflow post no one seems to know what's up.

[Jessica]

You need to increment $i, and then use modulus.

if($i%3==0){

// new row

}

Edit: Actually, what? Your title says every 5 states, your example shows 3, but really it looks like you just need to do a new column every state.