How do you increment a number with every table row? - php

Question

It is very simple, but I cannot do it. Now it takes every information from my database and introduces it in the Nr. td. How can I increment the value with every row?
<?php while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($query)) { ?>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td (this is what I want to auto-increment)>
<?php
$i = 1;
foreach($row as $i){
$i++;
echo $i;
}
?>
</td>
<td width="120">
<?php echo $row['Name'];?>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<?php } ?>
Thanks!

Answer 1

Try this:
Modify your code as given below:
<tbody>
<?php
$i = 1;
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($query)) { ?>
<tr>
<td width="5">
<?php
echo $i;
$i++;
?>
</td>
<td width="120">
<?php echo $row['Name'];?>
</td>
</tr>
<?php }?>
</tbody>

Answer 2

Initialize $i before the while loop then echo in the td then increment it.
<?php
$i=1;
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($query)) { ?>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5">
<?php
echo $i;
$i++;
//You can join the above 2 lines into 1 like this:
// echo $i++;
// This way you're telling php, echo $i then increment it by 1
?>
</td>
<td width="120">
<?php echo $row['Name'];?>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<?php } ?>
NB: if you're just learning PHP, you shouldn't be learning mysql_* as they are deprecated and will be removed in future releases. Check out mysqli or PDO.

Answer 3

initialize
$i = 1;
outside while loop
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($query))
, so that it will increase.

Answer 4

Have your row counter ($rowNum) outside of the while
<?php
$rowNum = 1; ?>
<tbody>
<?php while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($query)) { ?>
<tr>
<td width="5">
<?php echo $rowNum; $rowNum++ ?>
</td>
<td width="120">
<?php echo $row['Name'];?>
</td>
</tr>
<?php } ?>
</tbody>