Putting MYSQL table info into html table - php

Question

I'm making a guestbook, and I have a problem, that when I want my info from my mysql table to be placed into a table it only creates an empty table.
Code's here:
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect server ");
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");
$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name";
$result=mysql_query($sql);
while($rows=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
?>
<table width="400" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
<tr>
<td><table width="400" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<tr>
<td>ID</td>
<td>:</td>
<td><? echo $rows['id']; ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="117">Vardas</td>
<td width="14">:</td>
<td width="357"><? echo $rows['name']; ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Email</td>
<td>:</td>
<td><? echo $rows['email']; ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Komentaras</td>
<td valign="top">:</td>
<td><? echo $rows['comment']; ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"> Laikas </td>
<td valign="top">:</td>
<td><? echo $rows['datetime']; ?></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
</table>
<?php }
mysql_close();
?>

Answer 1

If short tags aren't ON, <? echo $rows['id']; ?> will fail.
Either turn them on, or change to <?php echo $rows['id']; ?> and do the same for the others.
Footnotes
mysql_* functions deprecation notice:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.mysql.php
This extension is deprecated as of PHP 5.5.0, and is not recommended for writing new code as it will be removed in the future. Instead, either the mysqli or PDO_MySQL extension should be used. See also the MySQL API Overview for further help while choosing a MySQL API.
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Answer 2

Update your code like;
while($rows=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
to
while($rows=mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)){
You need to use associative array. Also this library is deprecated. Use Mysqli or PDO