How to assign a span to a certain username - php

Question

A Solution has been found! Thank you to #northkildonan and #Doug Leary.
Solution Code;
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
// output data of each row
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
echo "<li class='list-group-item'>" . $row["user_name"];
if ($row["user_name"] == "TacoLover22") {
echo "<span class='badge'>Dev</span>";
}
echo "</li>";
}
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I have a list of usernames and I have a code that checks if a username exists, if it does exist, I want a div to be appended to it. Here's an image explaining this
However, the code I have works, but it doesn't assign that div to the selected username.
Here's the PHP Code;
<?php
if (
$row["user_name"] === "TacoLover22");{
echo "<span class='badge'>Dev</span>";
}
?>
here's the other php code that grabs all the usernames;
<?php
$servername = "####";
$username = "####";
$password = "########";
$dbname = "########";
// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
$sql = "SELECT user_name FROM users";
$result = $conn->query($sql);
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
// output data of each row
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
echo "<li class='list-group-item'>" . $row["user_name"];
}
} else {
echo "0 results";
}
$conn->close();
?>
The result of this code can be found here.
EDIT: Here's the full code from suggestions, it still doesn't seem to work. The span doesn't appear now.
// output data of each row
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
echo "<li class='list-group-item'>" . $row["user_name"];
if ($row["user_name"] === "TacoLover22") {
echo "<span class='badge'>Dev</span>";
}
echo "</li>";
}
Thanks for all and any help.

Answer 1

I think this will do it:
// output data of each row
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
echo "<li class='list-group-item'>" . $row["user_name"];
if ($row["user_name"] === "TacoLover22") {
echo "<span class='badge'>Dev</span>";
}
echo "</li>";
}

Answer 2

you have to append the <span> inside your mysql-fetch-loop (note: you are talking about divs, but you are using a span, which is something different in html).
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
echo "<li class='list-group-item'>" . $row["user_name"];
if ($row["user_name"] == "TacoLover22")
{
echo "<span class='badge'>Dev</span>";
}
}
explanation: you are iterating the resultset of your mysql-query right in your while-loop. the variable $row is your pointer which points to the respective row of your result.
after your while-loop is finished, your "pointer" will always show to the last result row of your mysql-query. so $row["user_name"] will always be set to the last user name found in your database. that's why you have to access it inside the while-loop.
how to handle multiple users (as requested):
I decided to use switch instead of if elseif statements here since it's better to read and less to write imho:
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
echo "<li class='list-group-item'>" . $row["user_name"];
switch($row["user_name"])
{
case "TacoLover22":
echo "<span class='badge'>Dev</span>";
break;
case "AnotherUser":
echo "<span class='badge'>User</span>";
break;
}
}

Answer 3

assuming u are using sqli extention
the column user_username is list of special users, otherwise you will need 2 tables, 1 table to store users, and 1 auxiliar table to store special users
//query
$sql = "SELECT user_name FROM users";
//send to mysql, get result
$sendquery = $conn->query($sql);
//fetch results as array
while ($result=$sendquery->fetch_array) {
echo 'username:' . $result['user_name'] . '<span class='badge'>Dev</span>';
}
but your question is confusing, you should use 2 tables if you are having different type of users
TABLE USERS user_id | name | dev_id | email | password | ...
TABLE DEVS dev_id | name | level | access | ....
SQL query, using LEFT JOIN
SELECT
usern.name as username, dev.name as devname
FROM USERS as user
LEFT JOIN DEVS as dev
USING dev_id
php output use $result['devname']
$result['']
if you only neeed "TacoLover22" to display, in case thats the only person you need to add something, add a IF in the while cycle
//query
$sql = "SELECT user_name FROM users";
//send to mysql, get result
$sendquery = $conn->query($sql);
//fetch results as array
while ($result=$sendquery->fetch_array) {
if ($result['user_name'] == "TacoLover22") {
echo 'username:' . $result['user_name'] . '<span class='badge'>Dev</span>';
}
else {
echo $result['user_name'];
}
}