HTML number of rows variables on MySQL column value - php

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to make a query that sets the rows (number of weeks) depending on the number of weeks the instructor wants the clinical to go, this value is stored in a Mysql table called clinical with a column name weeks (int). Right now in my HTML I have just pasted 4 rows to get the look down. I realize I will need to make a connection to the db before this code
<table width="1000" border="1">
<tr>
<td colspan="8" style="background-color:#1589FF;text-align:center;">
<h1>Rating for the Week</h1>
</td>
<tr>
<th>Week</th>
<th>Faculty Signature</th>
<th>Rating for the Week <br>
S+/S/NI/U</th>
<th>Student Signature</th>
<th>Rating for the Week <br>
S+/S/NI/U</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr ALIGN="CENTER">
<td>1</td>
<td><form><input type = "submit" /></form></td>
<td><select>
<option value="S+">S+</option>
<option value="S">S</option>
<option value="NI">NI</option>
<option value="U">U</option>
</select></td>
<td><form><input type = "submit" /></form></td>
<td><select>
<option value="S+">S+</option>
<option value="S">S</option>
<option value="NI">NI</option>
<option value="U">U</option>
</select></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr ALIGN="CENTER">
<td>2</td>
<td><form><input type = "submit" /></form></td>
<td><select>
<option value="S+">S+</option>
<option value="S">S</option>
<option value="NI">NI</option>
<option value="U">U</option>
</select></td>
<td><form><input type = "submit" /></form></td>
<td><select>
<option value="S+">S+</option>
<option value="S">S</option>
<option value="NI">NI</option>
<option value="U">U</option>
</select></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr ALIGN="CENTER">
<td>3</td>
<td><form><input type = "submit" /></form></td>
<td><select>
<option value="S+">S+</option>
<option value="S">S</option>
<option value="NI">NI</option>
<option value="U">U</option>
</select></td>
<td><form><input type = "submit" /></form></td>
<td><select>
<option value="S+">S+</option>
<option value="S">S</option>
<option value="NI">NI</option>
<option value="U">U</option>
</select></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr ALIGN="CENTER">
<td>4</td>
<td><form><input type = "submit" /></form></td>
<td><select>
<option value="S+">S+</option>
<option value="S">S</option>
<option value="NI">NI</option>
<option value="U">U</option>
</select></td>
<td><form><input type = "submit" /></form></td>
<td><select>
<option value="S+">S+</option>
<option value="S">S</option>
<option value="NI">NI</option>
<option value="U">U</option>
</select></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="8" style="background-color:#1589FF;text-align:center;">
<b> The student must pass the clinical component of the course which is ted on a pass/fail basis.<br>
A clinical failure results in a grade of F for the course.<b>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Answer 1

The query would look like this:
SELECT weeks FROM `clinical` WHERE clinicname = $clinicname
The query will select the column weeks from the table clinical
I added the WHERE statement because if there are multiple clinics it would choose the appropriate one, as long as you have the column clinicname included in your table.
To make a row for each week you would create a while loop like so:
<?php
$number_of_weeks_from_query = $query_result;
$i = 0;
while($i < $number_of_weeks_from_query){
INSERT EACH ROW TEMPLATE HERE AND CHANGE THE WEEK NUMBER TO $i
$i++;
}
?>
I would suggest using Mysql PDO as the old MySql functions will be deprecated very soon. I would also suggest to use AJAX so you can keep the page loaded when someone hits the submit button. Please tell me if I did anything wrong, my PHP is still rusty.