How to use bootstrap css tables to display data from MySQL tables? - php

Question

I'm trying to make it so that when a button is clicked on my main page, a php script takes action and fetches the information from the SQL tables, and displays it in a HTML/CSS table.
Here's the code of my main page -
<form id="myForm" action="select.php" method="post">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-info" >
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-tint"></span> View
</button>
<br /> <span class="badge alert-info"> Find out what is currently in the database. </span><br />
</form>
<br />
<br />
And here's what I currently have in my select.php -
<?php
/*** mysql hostname ***/
$hostname = '192.xx.xxx.xx';
/*** mysql username ***/
$username = 'Mitchyl';
/*** mysql password ***/
$password = 'root1323';
/*** database name ***/
$dbname = 'test';
try {
$dbh = new PDO("mysql:host=$hostname;dbname=$dbname", $username, $password);
/*** The SQL SELECT statement ***/
$sql = "SELECT * FROM increment";
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
echo $e->getMessage();
}
?>
I just don't know how to take the data from the SQL query and put it inside a HTML table.
Any suggestions would be great!
Thanks!

Answer 1

Try this
<?php
$hostname = '192.xx.xxx.xx';
$username = 'Mitchyl';
$password = 'root1323';
$dbname = 'test';
try {
$dbh = new PDO("mysql:host=$hostname;dbname=$dbname", $username, $password);
$sql = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM increment");
if($sql->execute()) {
$sql->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
}
}
catch(Exception $error) {
echo '<p>', $error->getMessage(), '</p>';
}
?>
<div id="content">
<table>
<?php while($row = $sql->fetch()) { ?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $row['column1_name']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row['column2_name']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row['column3_name']; ?></td>
...etc...
</tr>
<?php } ?>
</table>
</div>

Answer 2

Let's say your sql returns an array named $data and its format is sth like $data = [['name' => 'name1'], ['name' => 'name2'], ...];.
//First declare your data array
$data = [];
// Then execute the query
$result = $mysqli->query($sql)
// Then read the results and create your $data array
while($row = $result->fetch_array())
{
$data[] = $row;
}
Now that you have your data check if it is empty or not and then use foreach to present the results.
<?php if(empty($data)): ?>
<h1>No results were found!</h1>
<?php else: ?>
<h1><?= count($data) ?> results were found!</h1>
<table class="table">
<thead>
<th>#</th>
<th>Name</th>
</thead>
<tbody>
<?php foreach ($data as $key => $value): ?>
<tr>
<td><?= ++$key ?></td>
<td><?= $value['name'] ?></td>
</tr>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</tbody>
</table>
<?php endif; ?>
Of course you can add any class you like to the table apart from the default one that bootstrap uses (.table).