How To Make Codeigniter Query Result Into a Table - php

Question

I would like to create HTML table with my query results. The HTML table should look like this:
I don't really understand about Codeigniter's HTML Table Class, so I just create a loop for each column of the table on my view like this:
<tr>
<?php foreach ($nameloop as $row) { ?> <td><?php echo $row->username; ?> </td><?php } ?>
<?php foreach ($addressloop as $row) { ?> <td><?php echo $row->useraddress; ?> </td><?php } ?>
<?php foreach ($ageloop as $row) { ?> <td><?php echo $row->userage; ?></td> <?php } ?>
<?php foreach ($sexloop as $row) { ?> <td><?php echo $row->usersex; ?></td> <?php } ?>
</tr>
Turns out it was a very bad decision. It makes my table look horizontally instead vertically like it used to.
Here's my model:
<?php class Front_model extends CI_Model {
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$CI = &get_instance();
$this->db2 = $CI->load->database('db2', TRUE);
}
function namelist()
{
$query = $this->db->query("SELECT name as uername FROM table1 ORDER BY name");
return $query->result();
}
function addresslist()
{
$query = $this->db->query("SELECT address as useraddress FROM table1 INNER JOIN name
ON address.id = name.id GROUP BY id ORDER BY name");
return $query->result();
}
function agelist()
{
$query = $this->db->query("SELECT age as userage FROM table1 INNER JOIN name
ON age.id = name.id GROUP BY id ORDER BY name");
return $query->result();
}
function sexlist()
{
$query = $this->db->query("SELECT sex as usersex FROM table1 INNER JOIN name
ON sex.id = name.id GROUP BY id ORDER BY name");
return $query->result();
}
}
And then here's my function on my CONTROLLER:
public function index()
{
$data['nameloop'] = $this->front_model->namelist();
$data['addressloop'] = $this->front_model->addresslist();
$data['ageloop'] = $this->front_model->agelist();
$data['sexloop'] = $this->front_model->sexlist();
$this->load->view('home',$data);
}
This make me quite confused. Whether it's the HTML tag or I code it wrong.. I don't know...
Thank you for your help, guys...

Answer 1

You can really do this in a simpler way.
Your model can be simplified to get all the data with one method
<?php class Front_model extends CI_Model {
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$CI = &get_instance();
$this->db2 = $CI->load->database('db2', TRUE);
}
function userInformation()
{
$query = $this->db->query("SELECT name as username, address as useraddress, age as userage, sex as usersex FROM table1 INNER JOIN name ON table1.id = name.id GROUP BY id ORDER BY name");
return $query->result();
}
}
And then in your controller you can just call this one method instead
public function index()
{
$data['information'] = $this->front_model->userInformation();
$this->load->view('home',$data);
}
And finally in your view, you can just your one foreach
<tr>
<?php foreach ($information as $row) { ?>
<td><?php echo $row->username; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row->useraddress; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row->userage; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row->usersex; ?></td>
<?php } ?>
</tr>
Hope that helped.
Although I recommend using CI's table library!
UPDATE
If you want to work with your existing queries, then I recommend you modify your controller like this -
public function index()
{
$names = $this->front_model->namelist();
$addresses = $this->front_model->addresslist();
$ages = $this->front_model->agelist();
$sexes = $this->front_model->sexlist();
$length = sizeOf($names);
$data['information'] = [];
for ($i = 0; $i <= $length; $i++) {
$data['information'][$i] = [$names[$i], $addresses[$i], $ages[$i], ];
}
$this->load->view('home',$data);
}
Update your view like this -
<tr>
<?php foreach ($information as $info) { ?>
<td><?php echo $info[0]->username; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $info[1]->useraddress; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $info[2]->userage; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $info[3]->usersex; ?></td>
<?php } ?>
</tr>