[SOLVED] very very simple array question

[cheesycarrion]

this is a really simple thing that I should know how to do but don't. how do I make an html table showing: in the left column the id, and the right column showing the value, from an array?

 

so from an array like this:

 

$bob["name"] = "bob";

$bob["born"] = "2001";

$bob["died"] = "2003";

 

to an html table like this:

 

<table border="0">

<tr>

<td>name</td>

<td>bob</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>born</td>

<td>2001</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>died</td>

<td>2003</td>

</tr>

</table>

 

the example is kind of bad, but what I'm trying to do is find out how to use an array from phpbb containing user data.

[wsantos]

echo "<tr><td>name</td><td>" . $bob['name'] . "</td></tr>";
echo "<tr><td>born</td><td>" . $bob['born'] . "</td></tr>";
echo "<tr><td>died</td><td>" . $bob['died'] . "</td></tr>";

 

[Whitts]

While wsantos' code works, you will need to manually add lines for all of bob's attributes. Instead, we can use this:

 

<?php


//The assignment of the array happens here

echo "<table border='0'>";

foreach ($bob as $name => $value)
{
echo "<tr><td>" . $name . "</td><td>" . $value . "</td></tr>";
}

echo "</table>";

?>

 

We can use the foreach loop to loop through the array. For the loop, we have assigned $name to the value's name and $value to the actual value.

 

However, depending on how much data you're expecting, you may decide to opt for wsantos' solution.

[cheesycarrion]

thanks whitts.