How to output average rating with stars? - php

Question

I have managed to output the average rating in a number format, but i would like to output it by using the star method as well.
This is my code so far that outputs the average rating by using numbers;
<?php
$sql = "
SELECT round(avg(`rate`),2) AS `average_rate`, count(`rate`) AS `num_of_rating`
FROM tbl_rating
WHERE hotel_id = '$id' ";
$query = mysqli_query($con,$sql);
$rating = mysqli_fetch_assoc($query);
?>
<div>
<h4 style="color: #1478FF; font-size:30px; font-family: " > <?php echo $rating['average_rate']; ?> Avergae rating </h4>
</div>
For instance;Stars

Answer 1

Please give this a try:
<?php
$sql = "
SELECT round(avg(`rate`),2) AS `average_rate`, count(`rate`) AS `num_of_rating`
FROM tbl_rating
WHERE hotel_id = '$id' ";
$query = mysqli_query($con,$sql);
$rating = mysqli_fetch_assoc($query);
?>
<div>
<h4 style="color: #1478FF; font-size:30px; font-family: " > <?php echo $rating['average_rate']; ?> Average rating </h4>
<?php
$limit = floor($rating['average_rate']);
$remainder = $rating['average_rate'] % 1.0;
for( $i = 0; $i<$limit; $i++ ) {
echo ("<img src=\"\\images\\fullstar.jpg\" />");
}
if ($remainder >= 0.5) echo ("<img src=\"\\images\\halfstar.jpg\" />");
?>
</div>
I'm not sure this will work. I have no way of testing the code, I'm a C# and ColdFusion developer. This is what a few minutes on Google gave me.
To make this work, you need images of a full star called fullstar.jpg and of a half start called halfstar.jpg. They both need to be in a folder names images in your project root.