How to align data from a database

[garaux]

Hi there,

I am using following script to print data from a database:

 

 

//QUERY
<?php
try { 
     
  $query_sql = 'SELECT article_name, author_name, lang_name FROM article  
                INNER JOIN author 
                ON article.author_id = author.id 
        inner join lookuplang 
                on article.id = lookuplang.articleID                              
                inner join lang 
                on langID = lang.id 
        ORDER BY article.id ASC'; 
                
  
      $result = $GLOBALS['pdo']->query($query_sql); 
} 


//DISPLAY RECORDS 
foreach($result as $row) { 
    $valori[] = array('article_name'=>$row['article_name'],'author_name'=>$row['author_name'], 'lang_name'=>$row['lang_name']); 
} 
include 'test.html.php'; 

?>




<?php foreach($valori as $lista):?> 
<?php 
$lingua = $lista['lang_name'] . ': Status'; 
?> 
<tr> 
<td> <?php echo $lista['article_name']?></td> 
<td> <?php echo $lista['lang_name']?></td> 

  
   
 </tr> 
<?php endforeach?></table>

 

I would like to display the values like this:

 

Article

Lang A

Lang B

Lang C

Lang D

 

 

First article

English

Italian

German

French

 

 

 

 

Second article

English

Italian

German

French

 

 

 

Tha main table is denominated article. The languages are contained in the table lang and the languages are related to the articles using a lookup ‘lookuplang’.

 

Thanks

[BradlySpicer]

Aligning data in a PHP document is no different to normal web languages... You just wrap it in a Div tag and style it

[computermax2328]

Yeah it is pretty simple...

<table>
<?php
//query
//loop {
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $lista['language'];
echo "<td>" . $lista['article'];
echo "</tr>";
}
?>
</table>

This is just an example of the structure. I use to use while(): and endwhile: like you use foreach, but if I were you I would learn how to echo HTML elements like I showed above. It just keeps it more organized and it is a better practice. Helps keep control of all of the symbols and such (;?>)

 

Of course you can add ids and classes to the HTML elements inside of the PHP. Just use single quotes '' instead of double quotes "" inside of a HTML echo so... 

echo "<td class='data'>" . $lista['language'] . "</td>";

//don't do the following

echo "<td class="data">" . $lista['language'] . "</td>";

Edited April 17, 2013 by computermax2328

[garaux]

Thanks for your support.