Echo results of mysql query with php - php

Question

I have this query
$people = "SELECT name FROM people";
$people = mysql_query($people) or die(mysql_error());
$row_people = mysql_fetch_assoc($people);
$totalRows_people = mysql_num_rows($people);
I can echo the results within a unordered list using a while loop like this
<ul>
<?php {do { ?>
<li><?php echo $row_people['name'];?></li>
<?php } while ($row_people = mysql_fetch_assoc($people));}?>
</ul>
But I can't used this as my html does not allow it.
<ul>
<li class="first">
Kate
<li>
<li class="second">
<img src="john.jpg" />John
<li>
<li class="third">
<span>Max</span>
<li>
</ul>
My question is how can echo the name that was retrieved from the database into the appropriate place within this html?
Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

Try this:
<?php
$people = "SELECT name FROM people";
$people = mysql_query($people) or die(mysql_error());
if(mysql_num_rows($people) > 0){
?>
<ul>
<?php
while ($row_people = mysql_fetch_assoc($people)){
?>
<li><?php echo htmlentities($row_people['name']);?></li>
<?php
}
?>
</ul>
<?php
}
?>

Answer 2

You'll just have to create a renderer for each "type" of user (assuming you have a type property on the user rows) or based on their attributes. For example, let's say you're going to have to filter based on the attributes:
<?php
function render_simple($person) {
return '' . $person['name'] . '';
}
function render_with_image($person) {
return '<img src="' . $person['image'] . '.jpg"/>' . $person['name'] . '';
}
function render_special($person) {
return '<span>' . $person['name'] . '</span>';
}
function render_person($person) {
if ($person['image']) {
return render_with_image($person);
}
if ($person['special']) {
return render_special($person);
}
return render_simple($person);
}
$i = 0;
while ($row_people = mysql_fetch_assoc($people)){ ?>
<li class="index<?php echo ++$i; ?>">
<?php echo render_person($person); ?>
</li>
<?php
}
?>
This should work, with the exception that instead of class names first, second, etc, you'll now have index1, index2, etc.