Table data question

[182x]

Hey guys,

 

I have designed a table which gets its data dynamically from a MySQL database, if there is an empty cell in the table it looks fine in firefox but in i.e it looks different as if the empty cell has been extruded unless there is something like <td> </td> in the table cell.

 

I was just wondering is there anyway round this problem so the empty cells don't look extruded in the IE browser?

 

Thanks.

 

[Barand]

You've answered it yourself. Put   in empty cells

[182x]

how do you test if a cell is empty though is there is default values or null is not used?

[AndyB]

how do you test if a cell is empty though is there is default values or null is not used?

 

Can you carefully rephrase that so your question is clear?

[Barand]

if ($whatIAmWritingToThisCell == '')
        echo '<td> </td>';
else
        echo "<td>$whatIAmWritingToThisCell</td>";

[ToonMariner]

in css you can use the

 

table { border-collapse: collapse; }

 

this would ensure the formatting to empty cells is still applied - without the need for filling each empty cell with