I want to hide table buttons - php

Question

I have one table and in this table, I have two button Update and Disable I want to hide those buttons
I trying like this
<table id="example1" class="table table-bordered table-striped table-sm" style=" overflow: auto; ">
<tr>
<th>Dispatch Challan No</th>
<th>Date</th>
<th>From</th>
<?php
$hide = 'OFF';
if($hide == 'ON') { ?>
<th>Update</th>
<th>Delete</th>
<?php } ?>
</tr>
<?php foreach($dispatch as $dis){?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $dis->disp_ch_no;?></td>
<td><?php echo date("d-m-Y", strtotime($dis->disp_ch_date));?></td>
<td><?php echo $dis->from_branch_name;?></td>
<td><a class="btn btn-success btn-sm" href="<?php echo base_url(); ?>booking/dispatch_challan/DispatchChallanController/updateDispatchChallanPage?disp_id=<?php echo $dis->disp_id; ?>"><i class="fa fa-pencil" > Update</i></a></td>
<td><a class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" onclick="delete_dispatch('<?php echo $dis->disp_id; ?>');" title="Click here to delete your Dispatch record"><i class="fa fa-trash" style="color: #fff;"> Disable </i> </a>
</td>
</tr>
<?php }?>
</table>
this is my table
How can I hide these buttons

Answer 1

Try this,
<?php
$thswitch = 'OFF';
if($thswitch == 'ON') { ?>
<th>Update</th>
<th>Delete</th>
<?php } ?>
whenever you want to show just $thswitch = 'ON'; it

Answer 2

You have to check the if () for each row as we did in th. Like:
<table id="example1" class="table table-bordered table-striped table-sm" style="overflow: auto;">
<tr>
<th>Dispatch Challan No</th>
<th>Date</th>
<th>From</th>
<?php $hide = 'OFF';
if ($hide == 'ON') { ?>
<th>Update</th>
<th>Delete</th>
<?php } ?>
</tr>
<?php foreach($dispatch as $dis) { ?>
<tr>
<td> <?php echo $dis->disp_ch_no;?> </td>
<td> <?php echo date("d-m-Y", strtotime($dis->disp_ch_date));?> </td>
<td> <?php echo $dis->from_branch_name;?> </td>
<?php if ($hide == 'ON') { ?>
<td>
<a class="btn btn-success btn-sm" href="<?php echo base_url(); ?>booking/dispatch_challan/DispatchChallanController/updateDispatchChallanPage?disp_id=<?php echo $dis->disp_id; ?>"><i class="fa fa-pencil" > Update</i></a>
</td>
<td>
<a class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" onclick="delete_dispatch('<?php echo $dis->disp_id; ?>');" title="Click here to delete your Dispatch record"><i class="fa fa-trash" style="color: #fff;"> Disable </i> </a>
</td>
<?php } ?>
</tr>
<?php } ?>
</table>
Or by using CSS you can hide this columns as:
Create a CSS class like:
.hidethisColumn { display: none !important; }
Use it in you table as:
<th class="<?=(($hide == 'ON')? 'hidethisColumn' : '')?>">Update</th>
<th class="<?=(($hide == 'ON')? 'hidethisColumn' : '')?>">Delete</th>
Similarly in rows inside foreach():
<td class="<?=(($hide == 'ON')? 'hidethisColumn' : '')?>">
<a class="btn btn-success btn-sm" href="<?php echo base_url(); ?>booking/dispatch_challan/DispatchChallanController/updateDispatchChallanPage?disp_id=<?php echo $dis->disp_id; ?>"><i class="fa fa-pencil" > Update</i></a>
</td>