I'm trying to make in sort that odd <tr> and even <tr> have different color for easier reading.
Here's my code:
$show_res = mysql_query($show_query);
while ($show_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($show_res)){
$rc++;
if (($rc > 1)){
$tr = '#cccccc';
} else {
$tr = '#ffffff';
}?>
<tr style="background-color:<?php echo $tr ;?>">
It doesn't work, am I missing something?
You want to use modulo %
Some examples:
5 % 2 = remainder is 1
4 % 2 = remainder is 0
6 % 2 = remainder is 0
9 % 2 = remainder is 1
So based on whether the remainder is 1 or 0 you change the color. And you want the <tr> element to be a part of your loop as that's constantly being changed from one color or the other, back and forth.
$show_res = mysql_query($show_query);
while ($show_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($show_res))
{
$rc++;
if ($rc % 2 == 1)
{
$tr = '#cccccc';
}
else
{
$tr = '#ffffff';
?>
<tr style="background-color:<?php echo $tr ;?>">
<?
}
}
?>
$show_res = mysql_query($show_query);
while ($show_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($show_res)){
$rc++;
if (($rc > 1)){
$tr = 'odd';
} else {
$tr = 'even';
}?>
<tr class="<?php echo $tr ;?>">
CSS
.odd td { background-color: #FFF; }
.even td { backgorund-color: #F6F6F6; }
Use CSS and set the color background to the TD not the TR element.
As this is strictly Display, I would recommend doing is using Javascript, not PHP.
Look how simple it can be:
http://paragasu.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/alternate-table-row-color-the-easy-way/
Did you define $rc=0; anywhere?
The issue you're having appears to be that you're not resetting $rc++ after you've incremented it. Try setting it to 0 then reset it after you've incremented it to 1.
$show_res = mysql_query($show_query);
while ($show_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($show_res))
{
if ( isset($k) and $k==1)
{
echo '<tr class="EvenTableRows">';
$k=0;
} else {
echo '<tr class="OddTableRows">';
$k=1;
}
..... more statement
}
Related
I've been around for years on Stack but this is my first time posting. I'm working on a website (php + mysql) and the following problem is driving me absolutely nuts.
I have a table with 2 columns: Size and Amount. The table is generated by a basic php script simply outputting values stored in the database as rows in the table. Super basic, no fancy stuff there:
SELECT Size, Amount FROM database WHERE product = 'product123' ORDER BY Size ASC
The php echo outputs an html table displaying Size and the corresponding available packs (Amount).
Echo '<td>'.$record['size'].'</td><td>'.$record['amount'].'</td>'
Some Sizes are available in different Amounts, so therefore a particular Size can appear multiple times. Example:
Size | Amount
1 | 10
1 | 50
2 | 10
2+ | 10
3 | 40
3+ | 25
3+ | 40
4+ | 25
What I'm looking to achieve is that rows containing the same Size have the same background color. So it should alternate, grouped by Size, and this is irregular unfortunately. Example:
Size | Amount
1 | 10 < yellow
1 | 50 < yellow
2 | 10 < transparent
2+ | 10 < yellow
3 | 40 < transparent
3+ | 25 < yellow
3+ | 40 < yellow
4+ | 25 < transparent
So if the next Size is different from the preceding one, the row background color should change. This way a single Size is alternately highlighted as a group. Note that Size 2 and 2+ (same for 3 and 3+) are considered to be different sizes, hence the background color should change.
I can't figure out how to achieve this with php. The difficulty is that I can't use an evaluation based on odd/even since there sometimes is a "+" involved, making not all Sizes numeric values. Changing the naming scheme to get rid of that "+" is not an option unfortunately.
I was thinking of somehow having php check, while generating the table row by row, if the next outputted Size is identical to the preceding one. If yes: no change in bg-color. If no: change bg-color. However I can't figure out what the best way is to code something like this. Any pointers in the right direction are much appreciated.
Just a MCVE:
// your data
$records[] = array('size' => "1");
$records[] = array('size' => "1");
$records[] = array('size' => "2");
$records[] = array('size' => "2+");
$records[] = array('size' => "3");
$records[] = array('size' => "3+");
$records[] = array('size' => "3+");
$records[] = array('size' => "4");
$lastSize = $records[0]['size'];
$color = "yellow";
foreach ($records as $record) {
if ($lastSize != $record['size']) {
$lastSize = $record['size'];
if ($color == "yellow") $color = "transparent";
else $color = "yellow";
}
$lastSize == $record['size'];
echo $record['size'].' - '.$color.'<br>';
}
// OUTPUT:
// 1 - yellow
// 1 - yellow
// 2 - transparent
// 2+ - yellow
// 3 - transparent
// 3+ - yellow
// 3+ - yellow
// 4 - transparent
Ok, we'll start at the end. You probably want to put your color on the <tr>. The cleanest way to do it would be using css classes.
if ($newSize) {
echo '<tr class="tranparentRow">';
} else {
echo '<tr class="yellowRow">';
}
We'll figure out how to get the right value into $newSize in a moment. Next, we need the css for classes above, so make sure this is in your styles somewhere:
.transparentRow {
background-color: transparent;
}
.yellowRow {
background-color: yellow;
}
Ok, lets rip the + off the size:
$plainSize = trim($record['size'], '+')
Ok, we use that for comparison, using an ever changing $oldSize valiable. Here is a full, functional, block:
$oldSize = 0;
foreach($whatever as $record) {
$plainSize = trim($record['size'], '+')
if ($plainSize == $oldSize) {
$newSize = false;
} else {
$newSize = true;
}
$oldSize = $plainSize;
if ($newSize) {
echo '<tr class="tranparentRow">';
} else {
echo '<tr class="yellowRow">';
}
echo '<td>'.$record['size'].'</td><td>'.$record['amount'].'</td>';
echo '</td>';
}
Some cleanup can lead to this:
$oldSize = 0;
foreach($whatever as $record) {
$plainSize = trim($record['size'], '+')
if ($plainSize == $oldSize) {
echo '<tr class="tranparentRow">';
} else {
echo '<tr class="yellowRow">';
}
$oldSize = $plainSize;
echo '<td>'.$record['size'].'</td><td>'.$record['amount'].'</td>';
echo '</td>';
}
I hope that helped not just with this problem, but with an example of how you can approach many other problems. Start at the end, work your way back.
As my comment suggested, use a double foreach() + implode() (and yet another solution):
<?php
$array[] = array("size"=>1,"amount"=>50);
$array[] = array("size"=>2,"amount"=>10);
$array[] = array("size"=>"2+","amount"=>10);
$array[] = array("size"=>3,"amount"=>40);
$array[] = array("size"=>"3+","amount"=>25);
$array[] = array("size"=>"3+","amount"=>40);
$array[] = array("size"=>"3+","amount"=>25);
$array[] = array("size"=>'4+',"amount"=>30);
// Sort by size
foreach($array as $row) {
$new[$row['size']][] = $row['amount'];
}
?>
<table>
<?php
$i = 0;
// Loop through the sorted groups
foreach($new as $size => $amts) {
// Determine odd or even
$color = ($i % 2 == 0)? "yellow":"transparent";
?> <tr>
<td class="<?php echo $color; ?>"><?php echo $size; ?></td>
<td class="<?php echo $color; ?>"><?php echo implode("</td>".PHP_EOL."</tr>".PHP_EOL."<tr>".PHP_EOL.'<td class="'.$color.'">'.$size.'</td><td class="'.$color.'">',$amts); ?></td>
</tr>
<?php $i++;
}
?>
</table>
You can do this using php sessions like this
session_start();
$_SESSION["pre_val"]='not set';
$_SESSION["pre_class"]='transparent';
//in your loop for showing table
//your loop starts
if($_SESSION["pre_val"]==$record['size']){
$suitable_class=$_SESSION["pre_class"];
}
else{
if($_SESSION["pre_class"]=='yellow'){$suitable_class='transparent';}
else{$suitable_class='yellow';}
}
//setting current values to session
$_SESSION["pre_class"] = $suitable_class;
$_SESSION["pre_val"] = $record['size'];
Echo '<tr class="$suitable_class"><td>'.$record['size'].'</td><td>'.$record['amount'].'</td></tr>';
//your loop ends
in your css
.yellow{background-color:yellow;}
.transparent{ background-color: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5);}
hope this solve your problem
Some for loop fun while printing out the table
$rows = array(
array("size"=>"1" ,"amount"=>"10"),
array("size"=>"1" ,"amount"=>"50"),
array("size"=>"2" ,"amount"=>"10"),
array("size"=>"2+","amount"=>"10"),
array("size"=>"3" ,"amount"=>"40"),
array("size"=>"3+","amount"=>"25"),
array("size"=>"3+","amount"=>"40"),
array("size"=>"4+","amount"=>"25")
);
echo "
<table>
<thead>
<tr><th>Size</th><th>Amount</th></tr>
</thead>
<tbody>";
$bgColors = ['transparent','yellow'];
$bgColor = 0;
echo "
<tr>
<td class='" . $bgColors[$bgColor] . "'>" . $rows[0]["size"] . "</td><td>" . $rows[0]["amount"] . "</td>
</tr>";
for($i = 1, $max = count($rows), $lastSize = $rows[0]; $i < $max; $lastSize = $rows[$i], $i++) {
if($rows[$i]["size"] !== $lastSize["size"])
$bgColor = ($bgColor + 1) % 2;
echo "
<tr>
<td style='background-color:" . $bgColors[$bgColor] . "'>" . $rows[$i]["size"] . "</td><td>" . $rows[$i]["amount"] . "</td>
</tr>";
}
echo "
</tbody>
</table>";
And an unasked for JS solution (assuming you've printed out the table as usual)
var rows = document.querySelectorAll('#sizeTable tbody td[name=size]');
var bgColors = ['transparent','yellow'];
var bgColor = 0;
for(var i = 1, lastSize = rows[0], max = rows.length; i < max; lastSize = rows[i],i++) {
if(rows[i].innerHTML !== lastSize.innerHTML) {
bgColor = (bgColor + 1) % 2;
}
rows[i].style['background-color'] = bgColors[bgColor];
}
you can keep the current size on a variable and if it changes you can change the color.
<html>
<head><title> Sample - Menukz </title></head>
<body>
<?php
/* Sample data array with size and amount */
$product['product123'] = array
(
array("size"=>"1", "amount"=>10),
array("size"=>"1", "amount"=>50),
array("size"=>"2", "amount"=>10),
array("size"=>"2+", "amount"=>10),
array("size"=>"3", "amount"=>40),
array("size"=>"3+", "amount"=>25),
array("size"=>"3+", "amount"=>40),
array("size"=>"4+", "amount"=>25)
);
$pre_size=0;
$pre_init=1;
echo "<table>";
foreach($product['product123'] as $row)
{
echo "<tr>";
/* Initialize */
if(strcmp($pre_size, $row['size']) !== 0 && $pre_init ===1)
{
$pre_size = $row['size'];
$pre_init = 0;
}
/* Change track */
if (strcmp($pre_size, $row['size']) !== 0 && $pre_init ===0)
{
echo "<td>Changed ... </td><td>". $row['size'] . "</td><td>" . $row['amount'] . "</td>";
$pre_size = $row['size'];
}
else
{
echo "<td>Not Changed ... </td><td>". $row['size'] . "</td><td>" . $row['amount'] . "</td>";
}
echo "</tr>";
}
?>
</body>
</html>
Thanks all for the proposed solutions. Berriel's MCVE works like a charm! However Stack doesn't let me +1 the answer yet.
I have one additional question:
I also have a second table in which the output of the first column can be any article code consisting of 10 chars limited to [a-z][0-9]. Since there is no predefined scheme such as in the Size table, I can't hardcode/predict any output like in most of the proposed solutions. However I still want to color the rows it in the same way described in my opening post.
I am not familiar with Stored Procedures or PDO in mysql. Is there any way to work around arrays with predefined content and still achieve the color grouping of rows with the same article code?
You can accomplish this using a nested repeat region.
First select your product by group WHERE product = 'product123' GROUP BY size
<?php
require ('conn.php');
try {
$prod = 'product123';
$sql = "SELECT * FROM sizes WHERE product=:prod GROUP BY size";
$query = $conn->prepare($sql);
$query->bindValue(':prod', $prod, PDO::PARAM_INT);
$query->execute();
$row = $query->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
$totalRows = $query->rowCount();
} catch (PDOException $e) {
die('failed!');
}
?>
Then get all the products in each group ordered by amount inside a nested repeat region.
Each "grouped row" will alternate colors.
<table width="200" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td>Size</td>
<td>Amount</td>
</tr>
<?php
$i = 0;
do {
$i = $i + 1;
if ($i % 2 == 0){
echo '<tr bgcolor=#E4E4E4><td colspan="2">';
} else {
echo '<tr bgcolor=#EEEEEE><td colspan="2">';
}
try {
$group = $row['size'];
$sql = "SELECT * FROM sizes WHERE size=:group ORDER BY amount ASC";
$nested = $conn->prepare($sql);
$nested->bindValue(':group', $group, PDO::PARAM_INT);
$nested->execute();
$row_nested = $nested->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
$totalRows_nested = $nested->rowCount();
} catch (PDOException $e) {
die('nested failed');
}
echo '<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="200">';
do {
echo '<tr><td width="100">'.$row_nested['size'].'</td><td width="100">'.$row_nested['amount'].'</td></tr>';
} while ($row_nested = $nested->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC));
echo '</table>';
echo '</td></tr>';
} while ($row = $query->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC));
?>
</table>
I am no coder but am trying to take anything CSS related out of a php file but require a little help.
How can I re write the below code to get the bgcolor from an external CSS instead of the php doing the job
I just want the bellow rewriting to include the CSS class instead of the code actualy making the color.
Hope you understand what I am saying
first bit of code
$bgcolour = ($k % 2) ? 'bgcolor="#FFFEEE"' : '';
Second bit of code
'ROWCOLOUR' => ($row['highlighted'] == 'y') ? 'bgcolor="#fea100"' : $bgcolour,
CSS:
.fffeee {
background-color: #FFFEEE;
}
.fea100 {
background-color: #FEA100;
}
PHP:
$cssClass = ($k % 2 == 0 && $row['highlighted'] != 'y') ? 'fffeee' : 'fea100';
'ROWCOLOUR' => 'class="' . $cssClass . '"',
<style>
.mouseoverbg{
background-color : #eeefff;
}
.oddrowbg{
background-color : #fffeee;
}
.evenrowbg{
background-color : #fea100;
}
</style>
<table>
<?php
$ni = 5;
for($i=0 ; $i<$ni; $i++)
{
$bgcolor = ($i%2)?"evenrowbg" : "oddrowbg";
?>
<tr onmouseover="this.className='mouseoverbg'" onmouseout="this.className='<?php echo $bgcolor?>'" class="<?php echo $bgcolor?>">
<td><?php echo $i;?></td>
</tr>
<?php
}?>
</table>
Try this code it may help you.
I want to change my background color for one of the rows if one value is bigger than the other.
I tried using jQuery to change the color but it changes the color for every row.
Here is my code:
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
echo'<tr>';
echo'<td>'.$row['id'].'</td>';
echo'<td style="width:25%">'.$row['date'].'</td>';
echo'<td class="starttime">'.$row['start'].'</td>';
echo'<td class="finishtime">'.$row['finish'].'</td>';
echo'<td>'.$row['total'].'</td>';
echo'<td>'.$row['cash'].'</td>';
echo'</tr>';
$start =$row['start'];
$finish = $row['finish'];
if ( $start<$finish ) {
//CHANGE BACK GROUND COLOR FOR finish time to red
}else{
//Keep the color as it was
}
}
Test the value before rendering the TD, then add a specific class to the TD, then style the TD with the class
<style type="text/css">
.redCell {
background-color: red;
}
</style>
<?php
// Loop Through DB Rows
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
echo'<tr>';
echo'<td>'.$row['id'].'</td>';
echo'<td style="width:25%">'.$row['date'].'</td>';
$start =$row['start'];
$finish = $row['finish'];
// Test the value
if ( $start<$finish ) {
$class = "redCell"; // Add a new class to make it red
}else{
$class = ""; // Keep the color as it was
}
echo'<td class="starttime">'.$row['start'].'</td>';
// Add the style to the TD
echo'<td class="finishtime '.$class.'">'.$row['finish'].'</td>';
echo'<td>'.$row['total'].'</td>';
echo'<td>'.$row['cash'].'</td>';
echo'</tr>';
}
?>
Here is yet another way with jQuery - http://jsfiddle.net/7jm3R/
I created a class for the red background called redback;
$('tr').each(function() {
var start = parseInt($(this).find('.start').html());
var finish = parseInt($(this).find('.finish').html());
if(start < finish) {
$(this).addClass('redback');
}
});
What about something like:
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
$style = ''
$start =$row['start'];
$finish = $row['finish'];
if ( $start<$finish ) {
$style = 'style="background-color: red"';
}
echo'<tr>';
echo'<td>'.$row['id'].'</td>';
echo'<td style="width:25%">'.$row['date'].'</td>';
echo'<td class="starttime">'.$row['start'].'</td>';
echo'<td ' . $style . ' class="finishtime">'.$row['finish'].'</td>';
echo'<td>'.$row['total'].'</td>';
echo'<td>'.$row['cash'].'</td>';
echo'</tr>';
}
you do not need to do anything with jQuery, especially NOT within the table
I have not tested, but this should work:
$('tr').each(function() {
var start = $(this).find('.starttime').html(); //assuming this td contains number
var finish = $(this).find('.finishtime').html(); //assuming this td contains number
if(start < finish) $(this).css('background', '#F00');
});
Place your if statement above your echos then use it to create a class in the tr I couldn't tell if you wanted the whole row (tr) red or the specific cell (td) since you mentioned both, but this will style the entire row.
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
$start =$row['start'];
$finish = $row['finish'];
if ( $start<$finish ) {
$bgRed = 'class="bgRed"';
}else{
$bgRed = '';
}
echo'<tr'.$bgRed.'>';
echo'<td>'.$row['id'].'</td>';
echo'<td style="width:25%">'.$row['date'].'</td>';
echo'<td class="starttime">'.$row['start'].'</td>';
echo'<td class="finishtime">'.$row['finish'].'</td>';
echo'<td>'.$row['total'].'</td>';
echo'<td>'.$row['cash'].'</td>';
echo'</tr>';
}
Then style that class appropriately:
.bgRed td {
background-color: red;
}
$banana=0;
$view = mysql_query('SELECT ......') or die ('Encountered an error.') ;
while($rows3=mysql_fetch_array($view))
{
$total_price2=$rows3['qty']*$rows3['number'];
$banana = $banana + 1;
if ($total_price2!=0)
{
if ($banana %2 ==0)
{
echo "<tr class=\"alt\">";
}
else
{
echo "<tr>";
}
echo "<td>".$rows3['member']."</td>";
echo "<td>".$rows3['payment']."</td>";
echo "<td>$".number_format($total_price2,2)."</td>";
}
echo "</tr>";
}
Problems:
The "banana" alternates the colour of the table row (class="alt") by using modulus (%) to check if banana is a odd number.
Not Working, I see the browser is self-closing the opening <tr> tag.
eg:
<tr><td>person</td><td>data</td><td>$10.00</td></tr>
<tr class="alt"></tr> (Repeats in this fashion)
UPDATE
I have discovered that the reiterating banana always returns ODD NUMBERS: 1 , 3, 5, etc
MySQL is not running correctly
SELECT table1.member, table1.paid, table1.payment,table2.qty,table3.number FROM table1,table2,table3 WHERE table1.member = table2.member AND table1.payment="fruit"
It is giving me wrong data like so:
person1 $10.00
person1 $0.00
person2 $10.00
person2 $0.00
etc
If all else fails, you could just use CSS:
tr {background-color: blue;}
tr:nth-of-type(2n) {background-color: red;}
Try doing this for a debug first:
echo "<tr class=\"alt\"> ";
My guess is that you have no data contained in your <tr> and is being squished to 0 px tall by your browser.
EDIT: I'm not entirely sure giving a class to your <tr> will filter down into the <td> based on certain browser DOM parsing. Whenever I do a zebra row, I'll assign the class to the <td>. I'm no designer by any standard, though. :)
Humor me and try this please:
$banana=0;
$view = mysql_query('SELECT ......') or die ('Encountered an error.') ;
while($rows3=mysql_fetch_array($view))
{
$total_price2=$rows3['qty']*$rows3['number'];
$banana++;
if ($banana % 2 == 0) {
$td_class = "alt";
} else {
$td_class = "";
}
echo "<tr>";
if ($total_price2!=0) {
echo "<td class='{$td_class}'>".$rows3['member']."</td>";
echo "<td class='{$td_class}'>".$rows3['payment']."</td>";
echo "<td class='{$td_class}'>$".number_format($total_price2,2)."</td>";
}
echo "</tr>";
}
That's not going to work. You're only opening the table row if $total_price2!=0. It seems you should only output the closing </tr> tag inside that IF block.
Try this instead:
<?php
$banana=0;
$view = mysql_query('SELECT ......') or die ('Encountered an error.') ;
while($rows3=mysql_fetch_array($view))
{
$total_price2=$rows3['qty']*$rows3['number'];
if ( !$total_price2)
continue;
$banana = $banana + 1;
if ($banana %2 ==0)
{
echo "<tr class=\"alt\">";
}
else
{
echo "<tr>";
}
echo "<td>".$rows3['member']."</td>";
echo "<td>".$rows3['payment']."</td>";
echo "<td>$".number_format($total_price2,2)."</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
I have a small PHP function that is called from one of my pages.
function ratingDetails($uid, $align, $width) {
$queryFull = "SELECT * FROM rating WHERE uid = $uid";
$resultFull = mysql_query($queryFull);
//START DISPLAY TABLE IF RESULTS
if(mysql_num_rows($resultFull) > 0) {
echo "<table class=\"ratingTable\" align=\"center\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\" width=\"550\">\n";
echo "<tr bgcolor=\"#6699cc\"><th>STARS</th><th>DATE RATED</th><th>COMMENT</th><th>RATED BY</th></tr>\n";
while($rowFull = mysql_fetch_array($resultFull)) {
$rating = $rowFull['rating'];
$comment = $rowFull['comment'];
$datePosted = date("M j, Y", $rowFull['date']);
$rid = $rowFull['raterID'];
$rater = getUsername($rid);
//SHOW STARS
if($rating == 0) { $stars = "notYet.jpg"; }
if($rating == 1) { $stars = "starOne.jpg"; }
if($rating == 1.5) { $stars = "starOneHalf.jpg"; }
if($rating == 2) { $stars = "starTwo.jpg"; }
if($rating == 2.5) { $stars = "starTwoHalf.jpg"; }
if($rating == 3) { $stars = "starThree.jpg"; }
if($rating == 3.5) { $stars = "starThreeHalf.jpg"; }
if($rating == 4) { $stars = "starFour.jpg"; }
if($rating == 4.5) { $stars = "starFourHalf.jpg"; }
if($rating == 5) { $stars = "starFive.jpg"; }
//DISPLAY IT ALL
echo "<tr><td width=\"10\"><img src=\"/images/rating/$stars\" width=\"105\" height=\"20\" /></td>";
echo "<td width=\"75\" align=\"center\">$datePosted</td><td>$comment</td><td width=\"85\">$rater</td></tr>\n";
}//END WHILE
echo "</table>\n";
} //END IF
else {
echo "<table class=\"ratingTable\" align=\"center\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\" width=\"550\">\n";
echo "<tr><td align=\"center\"><span class=\"blue\">NO REVIEWS OR RATINGS FOR THIS DISTRIBUTOR</span></td></tr></table>\n";
} //END IF ELSE
}
But when it runs in IE (7 or 8), it throws this error:
A script on this page is causing Internet Explorer to run slowly. Bla bla bla...
I call this function from two pages and both cause the same error. If I remove the call from the page, the page loads fine.
There is no javascript involved with the pages in question...
Help, help, help... I don't have much hair left...
Rick
What's happening is that it's taking a long time to execute your script. IE is waiting for output from the server but it's taking a long time.
You may want to try either a call to flush() every row (or maybe every 25 rows using the modulus operator) or using ob_implicit_flush() to turn on implicit flushing. That way you have data continually coming back to the browser (I assume you have a huge amount of data). You probably will also need to call set_timeout(0) to disable the 30 second time limit on your script.
The first thing I would do is get rid of all those IF statements for the stars, either using an array for them or a switch statement, either of which would reduce the processing required for your script. An array would be my approach. Your code would look something like the following:
function ratingDetails($uid, $align, $width) {
$queryFull = "SELECT * FROM rating WHERE uid = $uid";
$resultFull = mysql_query($queryFull);
// Declare the array for the stars.
$astars = array(
0=> "notYet.jpg",
1=> "starOne.jpg",
1.5=> "starOneHalf.jpg",
2=> "starTwo.jpg",
2.5=> "starTwoHalf.jpg",
3=> "starThree.jpg",
3.5=> "starThreeHalf.jpg",
4=> "starFour.jpg",
4.5=> "starFourHalf.jpg",
5=> "starFive.jpg"
);
//START DISPLAY TABLE IF RESULTS
if(mysql_num_rows($resultFull) > 0) {
echo "<table class=\"ratingTable\" align=\"center\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\" width=\"550\">\n";
echo "<tr bgcolor=\"#6699cc\"><th>STARS</th><th>DATE RATED</th><th>COMMENT</th><th>RATED BY</th></tr>\n";
while($rowFull = mysql_fetch_array($resultFull)) {
$rating = $rowFull['rating'];
$comment = $rowFull['comment'];
$datePosted = date("M j, Y", $rowFull['date']);
$rid = $rowFull['raterID'];
$rater = getUsername($rid);
$stars = $astars[$rating];
//DISPLAY IT ALL
echo "<tr><td width=\"10\"><img src=\"/images/rating/$stars\" width=\"105\" height=\"20\" /></td>";
echo "<td width=\"75\" align=\"center\">$datePosted</td><td>$comment</td><td width=\"85\">$rater</td></tr>\n";
}//END WHILE
echo "</table>\n";
} //END IF
else {
echo "<table class=\"ratingTable\" align=\"center\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\" width=\"550\">\n";
echo "<tr><td align=\"center\"><span class=\"blue\">NO REVIEWS OR RATINGS FOR THIS DISTRIBUTOR</span></td></tr></table>\n";
} //END IF ELSE
The decimals may cause a problem in the array; if so, you can enclose the keys in quotes; e.g., "1.5"=>"starOneHalf.jpg"
The other thing you could do is create a variable for the HTML output instead of echoing the output every line, and then just echo the output at the end.
I found my problem...
The table within my function was assigned a css class. This particular css class contained a behavior, which called PIE.htc. Apparently, this caused some sort of IE melt down whenever it was called. I removed PIE (bummer, no more rounded corners or shadows in IE) and my problem is solved!!!
Thanks to everyone who provided assistance along the way!!!