joe904 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Hey Guys, I am trying to fix a PHP page that I am coding for my job. Basically the functionality that I am looking for is a Marquee (Yes I understand the Marquee is done away with in HTML5. I haven't learned to use CSS instead yet) function where the names that I have in my database will scroll from bottom to top in the center of the page. I am a teacher and I am trying to set up a point system to display the points that my kids have earned. I have a MySQL database that has a few fields, such as student ID's, Names, etc. I want to connect my database and have the names and associating information scroll up one after the other on my website. I have some code that I found it online but it didi not work correctly. When it displayed, the entire database showed at once and then disappeared instead of scrolling one at a time. Yes I am a newby at this, so please have patience with me. I have searched online for an answer, and have not been able to find one. So I sdecided to try this forum. Any help is greatly appreciated. <?php $scrolling="true"; //Define if text is scrolling or Still //Config $db_host="localhost"; $db_name="swap"; $db_user="root"; $db_pass="pass"; // Check connection if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { echo "Failed to connect to MySQL. Make sure to edit the config.php file: " . mysqli_connect_error(); } $result = mysqli_query($con,"SELECT * FROM students ORDER BY studentId ASC "); while($swap = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) { if ($scrolling == "true"){ //Scrolling Text ?> <html> <h1 class="marquee"><span><b><?php echo $swap['studentId'];?> <?php echo $swap['first_name'];?></b><?php echo $swap['last_name']; ?><</html> <?php } else { //Not Scrolling Text ?><b><?php echo $swap['studentId']; ?> </b>: <?php echo $swap['last_name']; } } ?> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
requinix Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 First you have to fix your HTML markup. Taking what you have there as a reference, you need to create this: <html> <body> <div class="marquee"> <h1>ID: NAME</h1> <h1>ID: NAME</h1> <h1>ID: NAME</h1> ... </div> </body> </html>Can you do that? Note that the only part of that HTML that is being repeated (ie, needs to be in a loop) is the H1s. Everything else is plain HTML around it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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