SalientAnimal Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Hi All, I'm trying to get my head wrapped around how to create a Table from a DB. I have no issues getting the information, and all the data is pulling through as expected. I just cant seem to get my layout of my table right. I have tried to draw a diagram of how I would like my table to be displayed. The left hand side of the table is pretty much static with the amount of rows always being static. Here there are 5 rows with headings, the 3 row / nested table returning an address section with 5 address rows, and the last row will return the contact number row with 2 contact numbers. The biggest complication is on the right hand side of the table which shows a list of hyperlinked documents, however each document type (heading) may have anywhere from 1 - 10 documents. And I would need this section of the table to expand as each row with a new document is returned. I have attached the layout diagram. My current code for this section looks as follows (The code below is still a work in progress): echo "<div class='row'>"; echo "<div class='col-md-12'>"; echo "<div class='box box-primary'>"; echo "<div class='box-header with-border'>"; echo "<h3 class='box-title'>Outlet Details</h3>"; echo "<table border = '0'>"; echo " <tr> <th width='50%'>Outlet Details</th> <th width='50%'>Outlet Documentation</th> </tr> "; while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) { $store_code = $row['store_code']; $outlet_name = $row['outlet_name']; $address_0 = $row['address_0']; $address_1 = $row['address_1']; $address_2 = $row['address_2']; $address_3 = $row['address_3']; $address_4 = $row['address_4']; $license = $row['scanned_license']; $permit_renewal = $row['scanned_permit_renewal']; $identity_document = $row['scanned_identity_document']; $other_document = $row['scanned_other_document']; echo "<tr> <td>".$store_code."</td> <td><a href='uploads/".$license."'>".$license."</a></td> </tr>"; echo "<tr> <td>".$outlet_name."</td> <td><a href='uploads/".$permit_renewal."'>".$permit_renewal."</a></td> </tr>"; echo "<tr> <td>".$address_0."</td> <td><a href='uploads/".$identity_document."'>".$identity_document."</a></td> </tr>"; echo "<tr> <td>".$address_1."</td> <td><a href='uploads/".$other_document."'>".$other_document."</a></td> </tr>"; } Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/303138-nested-tables-populated-from-db/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalientAnimal Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 $result = mysqli_query($link,$sqlsearch)or die(mysqli_error()); while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) { $store_code = $row['store_code']; $outlet_name = $row['outlet_name']; $address_0 = $row['address_0']; $address_1 = $row['address_1']; $address_2 = $row['address_2']; $address_3 = $row['address_3']; $address_4 = $row['address_4']; $contact_number_1 = $row['contact_number_1']; $contact_number_2 = $row['contact_number_2']; $license = $row['scanned_license']; $permit_renewal = $row['scanned_permit_renewal']; $identity_document = $row['scanned_identity_document']; $other_document = $row['scanned_other_document']; echo "<div class='row'>"; echo "<div class='col-md-12'>"; echo "<div class='box box-primary'>"; echo "<div class='box-header with-border'>"; echo "<h3 class='box-title'>Outlet Details</h3>"; echo "<table> <tr> <th>Outlet Details</th> <th>Outlet Documentation</th> </tr> <tr> <td> <table> <tr> <th>Store Code</th> </tr> <tr> <td>".$store_code."</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Store Name</th> </tr> <tr> <td>".$outlet_name."</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Store Address</th> </tr> <tr> <td>".$address_0."</td> </tr> <tr> <td>".$address_1."</td> </tr> <tr> <td>".$address_2."</td> </tr> <tr> <td>".$address_3."</td> </tr> <tr> <td>".$address_4."</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Contact Person</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Jim</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Contact Number</th> </tr> <tr> <td>".$contact_number_1."</td> </tr> <tr> <td>".$contact_number_2."</td> </tr> </table> </td> <td> <table> <tr> <th>License</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href='uploads/".$license."'>".$license."</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th>Permit Renewal</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href='uploads/".$permit_renewal."'>".$permit_renewal."</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th>Identity Document</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href='uploads/".$identity_document."'>".$identity_document."</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th>Other Documents</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href='uploads/".$other_document."'>".$other_document."</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th>Reference Number</th> </tr> <tr> <td>HSA0123456</td> </tr> <tr> <td>HSA0123457</td> </tr> </table> </td> </table> "; } echo "</table>"; mysqli_close($link); Some code improvements made Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/303138-nested-tables-populated-from-db/#findComment-1542463 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barand Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Your data isn't tabular, so why are you trying to shoehorn it into a table? Use divs. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/303138-nested-tables-populated-from-db/#findComment-1542478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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