echo from sql to table - php

Question

I need to select some data from mysql and echo them into a table,
I have 20 entries which I want to echo them into 5by4 table I can select them like this:
<?php
$sql = "SELECT player FROM `prize` WHERE inviter='$player'";
$result = $conn->query($sql);
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
?>
<table style="width: 100%;border:1px">
<tr> <td class="auto-style3">
<?php
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
?>
<?php echo "<br>". $row["player"].""; ?>
<?php
}}
?>
</td> </tr> </table>
it gives me something like this:
but I want it like this:
Can anyone help?

Answer 1

try it like this, using $count to count your item in array. and after 5 items have been echoed, then you put <tr> to echo in new row
<?php
$count=0;
echo "<table>";
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
if($count==0) {
echo "<tr>";
}
$count++;
echo "<td>".$row["player"]."</td>";
if($count==5) {
echo "</tr>";
$count=0;
}
}
echo "</table>";
?>

Answer 2

I changed your code to add a counter and close the tag every five records, this is the result:
<?php
$sql = "SELECT player FROM `prize` WHERE inviter='$player'";
$result = $conn->query($sql);
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
?>
<table style="width: 100%;border:1px">
<tr>
<?php
$counter=0;
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
if($counter == 4){
echo '</tr><tr>';
$counter=0;
}
?>
<td><?php echo $row["player"].""; ?></td>
<?php
$counter++;
}}
?>
</tr> </table>