Apply Table Style in Dynamic Table Creation with PHP - php

Question

I am having trouble applying CSS styles to my dynamic table. I am connecting to a database and I know the data is populated correctly and displaying. My issue is that there are 900 records and I want to limit the table size, utilizing a scrollbar. I have read elseware that the proper CSS style nodes to accomplish this are: How to specify table's height such that a vertical scroll bar appears?
overflow: auto;
height: 700px;
display: block;
overflow-y: scroll;
At first I attempted this with inline styling (a no-no.. I realize), but it didn't work. I have read about adding a 'class' to the table and/or individual rows, which would then be reflected in my CSS style sheet, but I can't seem to figure out how to accomplish this. I get syntax errors when I add 'span' or 'class' tag designators to the PHP (I imagine from utilizing 'ECHO' - which both require double quotes).
Good example of what I'm trying to accomplish: http://www.timrivera.com/tests/csstables.html#markupIE
The PHP code snippet below has good syntax, but I don't know where to add the class or span designators appropriately. One thing to note - I need to have different styles for different tables, so changing the global 'table' CSS isn't going to work.
//Function that gets the SQL recordset.
$result2 = Get_Package_Info_EXT($conn, $var_PartNumber);
//do the table edits here.
echo "<table border='1' >
<tr>
<th>Facility</th>
<th>Process Flow</th>
<th>Operation</th>
<th>Device</th>
<th>Item</th>
<th>Value</th>
<th>Database Source</th>
</tr>";
while($row2 = oci_fetch_array($result2)){
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['FACILITY_AT'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['SUB_FLOW_TYPE'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['OPN_NAME'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['SPEC_DEVICE'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['COMPONENT_NAME'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['COMPONENT_VALUE'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['SOURCE'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";

Answer 1

I think the best way would be to wrap a div around the table and give the div a height.
http://phpfiddle.org/main/code/i7h-9b1
<style type="text/css">
#scroll {
height: 100px; /* Max height of table */
overflow-y: scroll;
width: 340px;
}
</style>
<div id="scroll">
table
</div>
Using your code:
echo '
<style type="text/css">
#scroll {
height: 100px; /* Max height of table */
overflow-y: scroll;
width: 340px;
}
</style>';
//Function that gets the SQL recordset.
$result2 = Get_Package_Info_EXT($conn, $var_PartNumber);
//do the table edits here.
echo "<div id='scroll'><table border='1' >
<tr>
<th>Facility</th>
<th>Process Flow</th>
<th>Operation</th>
<th>Device</th>
<th>Item</th>
<th>Value</th>
<th>Database Source</th>
</tr>";
while($row2 = oci_fetch_array($result2)){
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['FACILITY_AT'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['SUB_FLOW_TYPE'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['OPN_NAME'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['SPEC_DEVICE'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['COMPONENT_NAME'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['COMPONENT_VALUE'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['SOURCE'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table></div>";

Answer 2

Edit your PHP code to...
//Function that gets the SQL recordset.
$result2 = Get_Package_Info_EXT($conn, $var_PartNumber);
//do the table edits here.
echo "<div class=\"table-container\">";
echo "<table border='1' >
<tr>
<th>Facility</th>
<th>Process Flow</th>
<th>Operation</th>
<th>Device</th>
<th>Item</th>
<th>Value</th>
<th>Database Source</th>
</tr>";
while($row2 = oci_fetch_array($result2)){
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['FACILITY_AT'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['SUB_FLOW_TYPE'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['OPN_NAME'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['SPEC_DEVICE'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['COMPONENT_NAME'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['COMPONENT_VALUE'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['SOURCE'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
echo "</div>";
Then just style using
div.table-container table {}

Answer 3

Using Calum's style format you could do this:
//Function that gets the SQL recordset.
$result2 = Get_Package_Info_EXT($conn, $var_PartNumber);
//do the table edits here.
echo "<style>#size{height:100px;width:340px;overflow-y:scroll;}</style>";
echo "<table id='size' border='1'>
<tr>
<th>Facility</th>
<th>Process Flow</th>
<th>Operation</th>
<th>Device</th>
<th>Item</th>
<th>Value</th>
<th>Database Source</th>
</tr>";
while($row2 = oci_fetch_array($result2)){
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['FACILITY_AT'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['SUB_FLOW_TYPE'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['OPN_NAME'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['SPEC_DEVICE'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['COMPONENT_NAME'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['COMPONENT_VALUE'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row2['SOURCE'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
I tested it and works fine. And for the different table styles you could:
<style>
#table1
{
style code here
}
#table2
{
style code here
}
</style>
and so on... then you could apply them to the tables:
<table id="table1">
...
</table>
<table id="table2">
...
</table>