Displaying Records in Multiple Columns Using PHP - php

Question

I'm trying to display two (2) columns instead of my current one (1) column.
My example here:
http://freeskateboardsticker.com/news/authors.php
I have rewritten the script many times, but I cannot seem to get the rows and columns to display correctly and still keep the pagination intact.
Below is my script:
<?php include_once(realpath("templates/top.php")); ?>
<?php include_once(realpath("templates/$templates/mid1.php")); ?>
<?php
$page = #$_GET["page"];
$start = #$_GET["start"];
if (!is_numeric($page) || $page < 1)
$page = 1;
if ($page == 1)
$start = 0;
else
$start = ($page * $authorsPerPage) - $authorsPerPage;
$aResult = mysql_query("select pk_alId, alEmail, alFName, alLName, alBio, alDateJoined from tbl_AdminLogins order by alFName, alLName limit $start, $authorsPerPage");
$numRows = mysql_num_rows(mysql_query("select pk_alId from tbl_AdminLogins order by alFName, alLName"));
if ($numRows > 0) {
?>
<!-- Start Authors -->
<div align="center">
<center>
<TABLE WIDTH="86%" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="100%" HEIGHT="20" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="right" class="BodyText" VALIGN="top"><FONT COLOR="#0B75AF"> <?PHP
if ($page > 1)
$nav .= "<a href='authors.php?page=" . ($page - 1) . "'><span class='Link1'><u>« Prev</u></span></a> | ";
for ($i = 1; $i <= ceil($numRows / $authorsPerPage); $i++)
if ($i == $page)
$nav .= "<a href='authors.php?page=$i'><span class='Link4'><b>$i</b></span></a> | ";
else
$nav .= "<a href='authors.php?page=$i'><span class='Link1'>$i</span></a> | ";
if (($start + $authorsPerPage) < $numRows && $numRows > 0)
$nav .= "<a href='authors.php?page=" . ($page + 1) . "'><span class='Link1'><u>Next »</u></span></a>";
if (substr(strrev($nav), 0, 2) == " |")
$nav = substr($nav, 0, strlen($nav) - 2);
echo $nav . "<br> ";
?></FONT>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<?php while ($aRow = mysql_fetch_array($aResult)) { ?>
<div align="center"><center>
<TABLE WIDTH="720" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="185"> <?php if ($showAuthorImages) { ?><img src="imageview.php?what=getAuthorPic&authorId=<?php echo $aRow["pk_alId"]; ?>"> <?php } ?></TD>
<TD WIDTH="5" VALIGN="top"> </TD>
<TD WIDTH="530" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><SPAN CLASS="BodyHeading1"><?PHP echo $aRow["alFName"]; ?></SPAN>
<BR><span class="Text1"><?php echo $aRow["alBio"]; ?></span><br></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD COLSPAN="3"> </TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</center></div>
<?php } ?>
<div align="center">
<center>
<table width="96%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="100%" height="20" colspan="2" align="right" valign="top">
<SPAN CLASS="Text4"><?php echo $nav . "<br> "; ?></SPAN>
<br>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</center>
</div>
<!-- End Authors -->
<?php
} else {
// No authors found in the database
?>
<!-- StartAuthors -->
<div align="center">
<center>
<table width="96%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="100%" colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" height="21">
<span class="BodyHeading">
<br>No Authors Found
</span>
<span class="Text1">
<br><br>
No authors were found in the database. Please use
the link below to return to our home page.
<br><br>
</span>
Return Home
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</center>
</div>
<!-- End Authors -->
<?php
}
?>

Answer 1

Do not use font tag, it is deprecated
br /> not br>
If you are writing then write all other tags also in lower case
Use some MySQLi library (PDO etc)
Do not put center and div with align center tag into while cycle
Build table rows in while cycle, not one table per one author (table beginning before while, table ending after while cycle, inside while leave onl tr/td generation)

Answer 2

Move your loop inside the table, to create a new row per iteration, not a new table:
<div align="center">
<center>
<TABLE WIDTH="720" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0">
<?php while ($aRow = mysql_fetch_array($aResult)) { ?>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="185"> <?php if ($showAuthorImages) { ?><img src="imageview.php?what=getAuthorPic&authorId=<?php echo $aRow["pk_alId"]; ?>"> <?php } ?></TD>
<TD WIDTH="5" VALIGN="top"> </TD>
<TD WIDTH="530" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><SPAN CLASS="BodyHeading1"><?PHP echo $aRow["alFName"]; ?></SPAN>
<BR><span class="Text1"><?php echo $aRow["alBio"]; ?></span><br></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD COLSPAN="3"> </TD>
</TR>
<?php } ?>
</TABLE>
</center>
</div>