PHP: Dividing mysql result to four div - php

Question

I have category table which include 35 category inside. I want them aline into four div with one while loop.
<?php
$count = 0;
$cat = pullcategories();
$catcount = mysqli_num_rows($cat);
$percat = ceil($catcount / 4);
$topcats = pulltopcategories($count, $percat);
//same with pullcategories, just LIMIT $count,$per //
while ($topcats = mysqli_fetch_object($topcats)) {
?>
<div class="col3">
<ul class="list-unstyled list-dashed">
<li>
$topcats->title
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<?php
$count = $count + $percat;
$percat = $percat * 2;
}
?>

Answer 1

$count = 0;
$cat = pullcategories();
$catcount = mysqli_num_rows($cat);
$percat = ceil($catcount / 4);
$topcats = pulltopcategories($count, $percat);
This breaks your lists down in to 4 parts, and you would need to call "$topcats = pulltopcategories($count, $percat);" 4 times to be able to get through all the data.
I would change it to be something like this.
Assuming that "pulltopcategories($count, $percat)" uses count as the limit, and percat as the offset in the SQL this should work.
Please try and let me know - I can fix any mistakes if there are any (my PHP is a little rusty and i dont have data to try this with)
<?php
$count = 0;
$cat = pullcategories();
$catcount = mysqli_num_rows($cat);
$percat = ceil($catcount / 4);
while ($count < catcount){ /* Loop until you have finished all cats */
$topcats = pulltopcategories($count, $percat);
echo "<div class="col3">
<ul class='list-unstyled list-dashed'>";
while ($topcats = mysqli_fetch_object($topcats)) {
echo "<li>
<a href=''>$topcats->title</a>
</li>"
}
echo "</ul>
</div>";
$count = $count + $percat;
}
?>