Problem with layout mySQL query

hi there,

A few days ago i posted a question how i could divide a
query's result over 2 collumns.

I got the following code thanks to Pedro:

> echo '<table class="search_result" summary="search result">';
> $column = 0;
> while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
> if (!$column) echo '<tr>';
> echo '<td>', $row['whatever'], '</td>';
> if ($column) echo '</tr>';
> $column = !$column;
>
> if ($column) echo '<td>(empty cell)</td></tr>';
> echo '</table>';

It works great except for one thing:
When the result is for example 5 items,

The table looks like: Instead of:
_____ _____ _____ _____
|__x__|__x__| |__x__|__x__|
|__x__|__x__| |__x__|__x__|
|__x__| |__x__|_____|

"x" indicates an item.

Anyway, can someone please help me to get the table
structure correct? Any help would be great.

Greetings knoak

knoak wrote:
> A few days ago i posted a question how i could divide a
> query's result over 2 collumns.
>
> I got the following code thanks to Pedro:
>
>> echo '<table class="search_result" summary="search result">';
>> $column = 0;
>> while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
>> if (!$column) echo '<tr>';
>> echo '<td>', $row['whatever'], '</td>';
>> if ($column) echo '</tr>';
>> $column = !$column;

}

I'm sorry if I didn't put that in the first time around -- but you
should have corrected it :-)

>>
>> if ($column) echo '<td>(empty cell)</td></tr>';
>> echo '</table>';
>
> It works great except for one thing:
> When the result is for example 5 items,
>
> The table looks like: Instead of:
> _____ _____ _____ _____
>|__x__|__x__| |__x__|__x__|
>|__x__|__x__| |__x__|__x__|
>|__x__| |__x__|_____|
>
> "x" indicates an item.

To me, the code above shows the layout on the right.

> Anyway, can someone please help me to get the table
> structure correct? Any help would be great.

Post your code (or a stripped-down version of it) instead of the code
you used as a basis.

In my code, the first line after the while() loop is responsible for
filling the empty cell. Maybe you edited it out when you adapted the
code to suit your needs.

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