PHP Table Column name - php

Question

I have an script for getting a table from a DB which is written in PHP.
I am trying to add name for each column to be in the first row:
A part of the Code is:
$rows = [];
foreach (range(1, 4) as $row) {
$rows[$row] = "";
}
$rows["Name"] = $order->user->aFirstName;
$rows["Last Name"] = $alumn->aLastName;
$rows["Age"] = $alumn->aAge;
$rows["Gender"] = $alumn->aGender;
$string = "";
foreach ($rows as $r) {
$string .= $r . "\t";
}
what I want to get is
1 | Name | Last Name | Age | Gender
2 | John | Des | 45 | Male.
What I get now is the data in 1st row.
1 | John | Des | 45 | Male.
Any suggestion? Thanks

Answer 1

You can create a new first element in $rows using https://www.php.net/manual/de/function.array-unshift.php
$labels = ["Name" => "NameLabel", "Last Name" => "Last NameLabel" ...];
array_unshift($rows, $labels);
So the first element of the $rows array are the labels. Now when the table is generated is will display the labels at the top.

Answer 2

You are loading the arrays incorrectly.
I assume you dont want to get the column names from the meta data available to you, and are happy to add the column names manually, if not let me know
$rows = [];
// add labels
$rows[] = ["Name", "Last Name", "Age", "Gender"];
#$rows[] = [$order->user->aFirstName, $alumn->aLastName, $alumn->aAge, $alumn->aGender];
// I dont have your data, so this is to simulate the above line
$rows[] = ['John', 'Des', 45, 'Male'];
$string = '';
foreach ($rows as $i => $row) {
$n = $i+1;
$string .= "$n\t";
foreach ($row as $col){
$string .= $col . "\t";
}
$string .= '<br>'. PHP_EOL;
}
print_r($string);
RESULTS, as you can see a Tab is not really enough to correctly format the table
1 Name Last Name Age Gender <br>
2 John Des 45 Male <br>