Limiting column for fetched data in php - php

Question

I am trying to put extracted mysql data into a table using php. The issue is that I am able to put the fetched data into either all rows or all columns. What I would like to do is put the fetched data into a column format and as soon as 4 columns are used, the next data should start on the next row and so on.
Currently I am using the logic below, however I am getting everything in a column.
The goal is to limit the data to a page size so the data can be printed.
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$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM master_data");
echo "<table border='1'>
<tr>
<th>Accounts</th>
</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "<td>";
echo "First Name:" . $row['First_Name'] . "</br>";
echo "Middle Name:" . $row['Middle_Name'] . "</br>";
echo "Last Name:" . $row['Last_Name'] . "</br>";
echo "</td>";
}
echo "</tr>";
echo "</table>";
mysql_close($con);
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Answer 1

If I understand your problem correctly you will want to do something like:
Keep a counter to see which number record you're looking at ($i)
$i = 0; // Your counter
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
// ...
On every 4th iteration of the loop output something like </tr><tr>.
if ($i % 4 == 0 && $i > 0) // Will return true if `$i` is a multiple of 4 and greater than 0
{
echo "</tr><tr>"; // Output your HTML to start a new row
}
One final note: As others will be pointing out. You should avoid using the MySQL extension. You should use MySQLi or PDO instead.

Answer 2

<div>
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM master_data");
echo "<table border='1'>
<tr>
<th>Accounts</th>
</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
$i = 1;
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
if($i == 4)
{
echo "<td>";
echo "First Name:" . $row['First_Name'] . "</br>";
echo "Middle Name:" . $row['Middle_Name'] . "</br>";
echo "Last Name:" . $row['Last_Name'] . "</br>";
echo "</td>";
$i=0;
}
$i++;
}
echo "</tr>";
echo "</table>";
mysql_close($con);
?>
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