select next event from database - php

Question

I am working on a function which selects a list of dates, and highlight the next event. I have managed to highlight all future events, however I would like to only highlight the nearest future event. How can this be done?
<?php
function racesbydate($sql) {
include 'connect.php';
$year = $_GET['year'];
$get = $year.'%';
$select = $conn->prepare($sql);
$select->bind_param('s', $get);
$select->execute();
$select->store_result();
if ($select->num_rows > 0) {
echo "<div class='races' id='$year' style='display:block'>
<table>\n<th colspan='5'>Cycling Season $year </th>\n
<tr id='information'>\n
<th id='date'>Date</th>\n
<th id='race'>Race</th>\n
<th id='route'>Route</th>\n
<th id='info'>Entry</th>\n
<th id='rizultz'>Results</th>";
$meta = $select->result_metadata();
while ($field = $meta->fetch_field()) {
$params[] = &$row[$field->name];
}
call_user_func_array(array($select, 'bind_result'), $params);
while ($select->fetch()) {
$today = date("Y-m-d");
$date = new DateTime($row['date']);
$formatted_date = $date->format('d/m/Y');
if ($row['date'] > $today) {
if ($row['infoID'] != "0") {
echo "<tr class='racedetails' id='nextrace' >\n
<td class='dark' id='date'>".$formatted_date."</td>\n
<td class='light' id='race'>".$row["title"]."</td>\n
<td class='dark' id='route'>".$row["route"]."</td>\n
<td class='light' id='info'><a href='".$row["infoID"]."'>Info</a></td>\n
<td class='dark' id='rizults'>N/A</td>\n</tr>\n";
}
} else {
if (($row['infoID'] != "0") && ($row['resultID'] !="0" )) {
echo "<tr class='racedetails' id='race' >\n
<td class='dark' id='date'>".$formatted_date."</td>\n
<td class='light' id='race'>".$row["title"]."</td>\n
<td class='dark' id='route'>".$row["route"]."</td>\n
<td class='light' id='info'><a href='".$row["infoID"]."'>Info</a></td>\n
<td class='dark' id='rizults'><a href='".$row["resultID"]."'>Results</a></td>\n</tr>\n";
}
}
}
}
echo "</table>\n</div>";
$select->close();
}
current result
<tr class='racedetails' id='nextrace' ><td class='dark' id='date'>06/01/2016</td></tr>
<tr class='racedetails' id='nextrace' ><td class='dark' id='date'>08/02/2016</td></tr>
goal results
<tr class='racedetails' id='nextrace' ><td class='dark' id='date'>06/01/2016</td></tr>
<tr class='racedetails' id='race' ><td class='dark' id='date'>08/02/2016</td></tr>

Answer 1

If I understood you correctly, you only need a flag to store the information whether the next race has already been seen or not:
:
call_user_func_array(array($select, 'bind_result'), $params);
$nextRace = true;
while ($select->fetch()) {
$today = date("Y-m-d");
$date = new DateTime($row['date']);
$formatted_date = $date->format('d/m/Y');
if ($row['date'] > $today) {
if ($row['infoID'] != "0") {
$cssId = $nextRace ? 'nextrace' : 'race';
$nextRace = false;
echo "<tr class='racedetails' id='".$cssId."' >\n
<td class='dark' id='date'>".$formatted_date."</td>\n
<td class='light' id='race'>".$row["title"]."</td>\n
<td class='dark' id='route'>".$row["route"]."</td>\n
<td class='light' id='info'><a href='".$row["infoID"]."'>Info</a></td>\n
<td class='dark' id='rizults'>N/A</td>\n</tr>\n";
}
} else {
:
This assumes that the order of the races is ascending by date (which your examples suggest).