Creating dynamic table from db using php - php

Question

I have tried but i could not just get where i am doing it wrong. The table only echo the first row continuously and did not echo the other rows. Kindly help please.
$run = "
SELECT * FROM staff
";
$runquery = mysqli_query($connection, $run);
$runrow = mysqli_num_rows($runquery);
if($runrow < 1){
echo "<p class='errormsg'>You do not have any Staff</p>";
}
else{
$row = mysqli_fetch_array($runquery);
if($row) {
$surname = $row['surname'];
$lastname = $row['lastname'];
$phone = $row['phone'];
$username = $row['username'];
$role = $row['auth'];
}
foreach ($row as $staff) {
$table .= "
<tr>
<td>$surname</td>
<td>$phone</td>
<td>$username</td>
<td>$role</td>
</tr>
";
}
}

Answer 1

You need to change loop like this. also the tabular view of your record require <table> body.
$run = "SELECT * FROM staff";
$runquery = mysqli_query($connection, $run);
$runrow = mysqli_num_rows($runquery);
if( $runrow < 1 ) {
echo "<p class='errormsg'>You do not have any Staff</p>";
}
else {
$table = ""; // create table here
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($runquery)) {
$surname = $row['surname'];
$lastname = $row['lastname'];
$phone = $row['phone'];
$username = $row['username'];
$role = $row['auth'];
$table .= "<tr>
<td>$surname</td>
<td>$phone</td>
<td>$username</td>
<td>$role</td>
</tr>";
}
echo $table;
}

Answer 2

did you try to move the following code part into the foreach-loop?
$run = "
SELECT * FROM staff
";
$runquery = mysqli_query($connection, $run);
$runrow = mysqli_num_rows($runquery);
if($runrow < 1){
echo "<p class='errormsg'>You do not have any Staff</p>";
}
else{
$row = mysqli_fetch_array($runquery);
foreach ($row as $staff) {
$surname = $staff['surname'];
$lastname = $staff['lastname'];
$phone = $staff['phone'];
$username = $staff['username'];
$role = $staff['auth'];
$table .= "
<tr>
<td>$surname</td>
<td>$phone</td>
<td>$username</td>
<td>$role</td>
</tr>
";
}
}