Custom Table using SQL query and php - php

Question

I am trying to create a table from a sql query but I need to only have 3 results per table row.
I have a list of about 47 names so I have no problem printing them on a new line but how would I go about creating a table where the while loop would print a table row then print 3 table data cells with the query then create a new row for the next 3 values?
Exa:
result_1 | result_2 | result_3
result_4 | result_5 | result_6
result_7 | result_8 | result_9
Current While Loop:
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td><input type='checkbox'> ".$row['name']."</td>";
echo "<td><input type='checkbox'> ".$row['name']."</td>";
echo "<td><input type='checkbox'> ".$row['name']."</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
Database Structure:
id | name
1 | result_1
2 | result_2
3 | result_3
4 | result_4
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You can use the modulus operator (%) to check if you're ready for a new line.
$number_of_names = count($names);
$number_of_columns = 3; //you can change this at any point
echo "<table><tr>";
for($i=0;$ i<$number_of_names; $i++){
echo "<td>" . $names[$i] . "</td>";
if ($i % $number_of_columns == ($number_of_columns - 1) && $i<$number_of_names-1){
echo "</tr><tr>";
}
}
echo "</tr></table>";

Answer 2

Try looping through the results using a for loop, then compare the remainder of dividing the iterator by 3, using the modulus operator.
echo "<tr>";
for($i = 0; $i<mysql_num_rows($result); $i++) {
if($i%3==0) {
echo "</tr><tr>";
}
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)
echo "<td><input type='checkbox'> ".$row['name']."</td>";
}
echo "</tr>";