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OreoKnight

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So here is the current set-up. It prints the result I'm looking one after another right under each other. What I want is the results to auto-print into a table with 3 columns and as many rows as needed (auto updates as more entries are added) Any help? All I need is the article title with link ability to show up.

<div class="article_menu"><br><?

// get all the articles for this category

$sql = mysql_query("select * from articles where cat_id='51' order by id DESC");

$count = mysql_num_rows($sql);

if($count > 0){

while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($sql)){

$id = $row['id'];

$title = $row['title'];

/*if(strlen($image) > 5)

print '<a href="article.php/'.$id.'/'.$title.'">'.$title.'<br /></a>';

else*/

print '<a href="../../article.php/'.$id.'/'.$title.'">'.$title.'<br /></a>';

}

}

else{

print "<br /><b style=\"font-size: 11px; text-decoration: underline;\">No articles currently in this category.</b><br />Currently, no articles are listed in this category. Please check back shortly for our

constantly updated and listed articles!";

}

?>

 

This is what I tried.

 

<div class="article_menu"><br><?

                                                                // get all the articles for this category

                                                                $sql = mysql_query("select * from articles where cat_id='51' order by id DESC");

                                                                $count = mysql_num_rows($sql);

                                                                if($count > 0){

                                                                        while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($sql)){

                                                                                $id = $row['id'];

                                                                                $title = $row['title'];

                                                                                /*if(strlen($image) > 5)

 

echo '<table><tr>';for ($i=0; $i<blah; $i++){  blah;  echo '<td><a href="article.php/'.$id.'/'.$title.'">'.$title.'<br /></a>';</td>';  if ($i%3 == 0 && $i != 0) //this is if you want 3 columns    echo '</tr><tr>'; //this makes a new row every 3rd column}echo '</tr></table>';

 

                                                                        }

                                                                }

                                                                else{

                                                                        print "<br /><b style=\"font-size: 11px; text-decoration: underline;\">No articles currently in this category.</b><br />Currently, no articles are listed in this category. Please check back shortly for our

                                                                        constantly updated and listed articles!";

                                                                        }

                                                        ?>

So this is what I tried and got an error.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in /home/jujubai/public_html/test6.php on line 140

 

 

<?php

$query = "select * from articles where cat_id='51' order by id DESC";

$result = mysql_query($query) or die("There was a problem with the SQL query: " . mysql_error());

if($result && mysql_num_rows($result) > 0)

{

    $i = 0;

    $max_columns = 3;

    while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))       

   {

{

                                                                                $id = $row['id'];

                                                                                $title = $row['title'];

 

              // open row if counter is zero

       if($i == 0)

          echo "<tr>";

 

       // make sure we have a valid product

       if($title != "" && $title != null)

          echo "<td><a href="article.php/'.$id.'/'.$title.'">'.$title.'<br /></a></td>";

else*/

   

          echo "<td><a href="../../article.php/'.$id.'/'.$title.'">'.$title.'<br /></a></td>";

       // increment counter - if counter = max columns, reset counter and close row

       if(++$i == $max_columns)

       {

           echo "</tr>";

           $i=0;

       }  // end if

   } // end while

} // end if results

 

// clean up table - makes your code valid!

if($i < $max_columns)

{

    for($j=$i; $j<$max_columns;$j++)

        echo "<td> </td>";

}

?>

</tr>

</table>

Okay so now there is a new error message....

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '*' in /home/jujubai/public_html/test6.php on line 122

Line 122 is the start of the else*/

is else not compatible with the echo command?

 

echo "<td><a href='article.php/'$id'/'$title'>$title</a></td>";

else*/

   

          echo "<td><a href="../../article.php/'.$id.'/'.$title.'">.$title.<br /></a></td>";

 

      // increment counter - if counter = max columns, reset counter and close row

      if(++$i == $max_columns)

      {

          echo "</tr>";

          $i=0;

      }  // end if

  } // end while

} // end if results

 

// clean up table - makes your code valid!

if($i < $max_columns)

{

    for($j=$i; $j<$max_columns;$j++)

        echo "<td> </td>";

}

?>

</tr>

Its supposed to make sure depending on where the user comes in from that they link back to the right place.

 

 

New error Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.' in /home/jujubai/public_html/test6.php on line 124

Line 124 starts like this

-->        echo "<td><a href="../../article.php/'$id'/'$title'">$title<br /></a></td>";

 

      // increment counter - if counter = max columns, reset counter and close row

      if(++$i == $max_columns)

      {

          echo "</tr>";

Here is the full coding.

 

<?

include("inc/config.php");

 

$id = explode("/",$_SERVER['PATH_INFO']);

$id = $id[1];

 

$sql = mysql_query("select * from categories where name='$id' limit 1") or die(mysql_error());

$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($sql);

 

$title = $row['name'];

$id = $row['id'];

 

?>

<html>

        <head>

                <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>

                <title>Build Ur Body - Bodybuilding megasite for your muscle and fitness needs</title>

                <meta name="Description" content="Buildurbody.com is the ultimate resource for any

bodybuilder or any person searching for fitness, getting better at sports, or know how to building muscle and losing fat">

                <meta name="keywords" content="bodybuilding, muscle, fitness, diet, weight loss, exercise, your, articles, perfect body, weight lifting, athlete, plyometrics, health, lose fat, sports, nutrition, performance">

                <link rel="StyleSheet" href="../../style.css" type="text/css" media="all" />

 

</head>

        <body>

                <div id="container">

 

                        <div id="head">

                                <div id="ad">

(Google ad)

  </div>

                        </div>

 

                        <div id="body">

        <div id="left">

                                        <div id="nav">

                                                                                <? include("nav.php"); ?>

                                        </div>

 

                                        </div>

                                        <div id="nav_foot"></div>

 

                                </div>

 

                                <div id="right">

                                        <div id="body_head">Articles Listings for <? print $title; ?></div>

                                        <div id="body_cont" style="font-size: 10px; font-family: verdana;">

                                                <p>

                                                <br />

 

 

<div style="padding-left: 15px; font-size: 10px; font-family: verdana; margin-top: 15px;"><Center><b>Exercises</b></center><br/>

<table border="2" bordercolor="#336699"style="padding-left: 15px; font-size: 10px; font-family: verdana; margin-top: 15px;" width="500">

<tr>

<td> <img src="blank.jpg" height="150" width="200"></td>

<td> <center><font size="3"><b>Chest</b></font><br/>The pec major and pec minor make up the region of the body known as the chest.  Here is a comprehensive list of exercises that can be done to work these chest.  In each page you will find the major muscles worked, the other muscles that help with the left, a description of the lift, the proper way to spot the lift, as well as the pros and cons of the lift.</td>

</tr>

</table><br/>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3">

<?php

$query = "select * from articles where cat_id='51' order by id DESC";

$result = mysql_query($query) or die("There was a problem with the SQL query: " . mysql_error());

if($result && mysql_num_rows($result) > 0)

{

    $i = 0;

    $max_columns = 3;

    while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))       

  {

{

                                                                                $id = $row['id'];

                                                                                $title = $row['title'];

 

              // open row if counter is zero

      if($i == 0)

          echo "<tr>";

 

      // make sure we have a valid product

      if($title != "" && $title != null)

          echo "<td><a href='article.php/'$id'/'$title'>$title</a></td>";

else{

   

          echo "<td><a href=../../'article.php/'$id'/'$title'>$title</a></td>";

 

      // increment counter - if counter = max columns, reset counter and close row

      if(++$i == $max_columns)

      {

          echo "</tr>";

          $i=0;

      }  // end if

  } // end while

} // end if results

 

// clean up table - makes your code valid!

if($i < $max_columns)

{

    for($j=$i; $j<$max_columns;$j++)

        echo "<td> </td>";

}

?>

</tr>

</table>  <br />  <br />

 

                      </p>

</div>

                                </div>

            </div>

                        </div>

                          <center>

                          <br /> <br />

                        <div id="foot"></div>

                        <? include("inc/foot.php"); ?>

                        </center>

                </div>

        </body>

</html>

 

 

Means you are probably missing a closing bracket somewhere.

 

I just took them out....

 

And I get this....

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/jujubai/public_html/test6.php on line 170

 

There is nothing on that line.....?  Its the end of the .php  ???

I got it to actually display the page now..... but its not organizing the results into the columns and rows...... Three different columns, with each link in a column, and going to the next row when needed. :(

You can goto www.buildurbody.com/test6.php to see what I mean. :'(

try

<?php
if($result && mysql_num_rows($result) > 0)
{
$i = 0;
$max_columns = 3;
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
	$id = $row['id'];
	$title = $row['title'];
	// open row if counter is zero
	if($i == 0)
	echo "<tr>";
	// make sure we have a valid product
	if($title != "" && $title != null) echo "<td><a href='article.php/$id/$title>$title</a></td>";
	else {
		echo "<td><a href=../../'article.php/'$id'/'$title'>$title[/url]</td>";
	}
	// increment counter - if counter = max columns, reset counter and close row
	if(++$i == $max_columns)
	{
		echo "</tr>";
		$i=0;
	}  // end if
} // end while
} // end if results

// clean up table - makes your code valid!
if($i > 0)
{
for($j=$i; $j<=$max_columns;$j++)
echo "<td> </td>";
}
?>
</tr>
</table>  
?>

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