want to display results in horizontal table using php mysql - php

Question

I am using the following code to get results and want to have it displayed in two rows horizontially.
echo "<table border='0' width='700px' align='center'>";
echo "<tr>";
while($number = mysqli_fetch_array($result2))
{
echo "<td class='ball_p'>" . $number['number'] . "</td>";
**echo "</tr><tr>";**
echo "<td class='search'>" . $number['count'] . "</td>";
}
echo "<tr>";
echo "</table>";
Hence I need this part of the code not to be included in the loop echo "";
Please help, this must be really simple.
I want the results to be displayed 10 across as I limit my query to
the top 10.
So it would be:
Number Number Number etc. Count Count Count etc.

Answer 1

Because the tables need to be drawn one row at a time, you could store all of your number values in one array and all of your count values in a second array, then loop through each array as you're building your rows. So first get your values from the database:
// let's get a variable with the total number of records, i.e. horizontal cells:
$totalRecords = 0;
// get values from db:
while($number = mysqli_fetch_array($result2))
{
$numberArr[] = $number['number'];
$countArr[] = $number['count'];
$totalRecords++;
}
Then in another set of loops render the table (one loop for each row):
// first row
echo "<tr>";
for ($i = 0; $i < $totalRecords; ++$i) // you could also use count($numberArr) instead of $totalRecords
{
echo "<td class='ball_p'>" . $numberArr[$i] . "</td>";
}
echo "</tr>";
// second row
echo "<tr>";
for ($i = 0; $i < $totalRecords; ++$i)
{
echo "<td class='ball_p'>" . $countArr[$i] . "</td>";
}
echo "</tr>";

Answer 2

What about this:
$i = 0;
while($number = mysqli_fetch_array($result2))
{
echo "<td class='ball_p'>" . $number['number'] . "</td>";
while($i++ >= 1)
{
echo "</tr><tr>";
$i = 0;
}
echo "<td class='search'>" . $number['count'] . "</td>";
}
I haven't tested it but the ++ after the $i in the second while loop should increment it after the evaluation which should skip the </tr><tr> the first time and print it the second.