Producing a table from a loop with one array - php

Question

I'm attempting to create a table using a loop. The number of columns is what matters, it should be 6-7, while the number of rows is irrelevant.
The problem here is that I need to create this from one array only, which has a set of image names which I need to display through the table.
This is the PHP:
if ($mode == 'skins')
{
$player_gender = ($player_data['playerGender'] == true) ? 'male' : 'female';
$skins_array = $samp->skin('small', false, $player_gender);
$index_counter = 0;
foreach ($skins_array as $skin_img)
{
$template->assign_block_vars('skinrow', array(
'IMAGE_PATH' => $root_path . $config['skins_path'] . '/Skin_' . $skin_img . '.png',
));
}
}
And this is the HTML:
<div class="container">
<table>
<!-- BEGIN skinrow -->
<tr>
<td><img src="{skinrow.IMAGE_PATH}" /></td>
</tr>
<!-- END skinrow -->
</table>
</div>
The template engine used in this case is from phpBB.
If I include the <tr> in the loop in the HTML, I get my results all going down (vertical) in one column and when I exclude the <tr> from the loop, the results all go aside in one row (horizontal).
So, I basically care for the number of columns only, I want those to be limited to 6-7.
I'm failing to see the logic on achieving this. Any help would be appreicated.
Here is an example array with the data I'm using: http://pastebin.com/uDMeBJw6
If the template engine is causing you trouble to understand the code, please let me know and I'll try to convert it to a pure PHP example.

Answer 1

MY phpBB skills are non-existant, but maybe this will do the trick:
Template:
<div class="container">
<table>
<tr>
<!-- BEGIN skinrow -->
{skinrow.NEW_TR} <!-- **EDITED** -->
<td><img src="{skinrow.IMAGE_PATH}" /> </td>
<!-- END skinrow -->
</tr>
</table>
</div>
PHP (loop only):
$counter = 0;
foreach ($skins_array as $skin_img)
{
$new_tr = ($counter && ($counter % 7 === 0)) ? '</tr><tr>' : ''; // **EDITED**
$template->assign_block_vars('skinrow', array(
'NEW_TR' => $new_tr,
'IMAGE_PATH' => $root_path . $config['skins_path'] . '/Skin_' . $skin_img . '.png',
));
}
Code is untested, this is just an idea.
... and it's probably cleaner to do for instead of dancing with foreach and $counter :)