Displaying PHP results? - php

Question

I need a little help here with some php.
just a little explanation:
(im trying to display 5 results using this code
$n_id = mysql_real_escape_string ($_GET['id']);
$path = '';
if(isset($n_id) && $n_id != "") {
$sql = 'SELECT * FROM test2 WHERE id="' . $n_id . '"';
$news = mysql_query($sql);
if($result = mysql_fetch_array($news)) {
$title = mysql_result($news,0,"title");
$date = mysql_result($news,0,"date");
echo '<b>' . $title . ' | ' . $date . '</b>
<br/>
<img src="images.php?id='. $n_id .'>';
} else {
header("Location: vendi.php");
}
echo '<br />Back to Archive';
}
It does display but i want that 1st result to be (image+title of the news and other results to be just title).
Hope i wrote it clearly what i needed help with.
Thank you

Answer 1

Your SQL statement is only fetching a single row. This isn't a complete solution, but should get you closer:
if (isset($_GET['id']) && is_numeric($_GET['id'])) {
$n_id = (int)$_GET['id'];
$path = '';
$count = 0;
$sql = 'SELECT * FROM test2 WHERE id BETWEEN ' . $n_id ' AND ' . ($n_id + 5);
$news = mysql_query($sql);
while ($result = mysql_fetch_array($news)) {
$title = $result['title'];
$date = $result['date'];
echo '<b>' . $title . ' | ' . $date . '</b>';
if ($count < 1) {
echo '<br/><img src="images.php?id='. $n_id .'>';
$count++;
}
}
if ($count == 0) { header("Location: vendi.php"); }
echo '<br />Back to Archive';
}

Answer 2

This should do it.
$n_id = mysql_real_escape_string ($_GET['id']);
$path = '';
if(isset($n_id) && $n_id != "") {
$sql = 'SELECT * FROM test2 WHERE id="' . $n_id . '"';
$news = mysql_query($sql);
$first = TRUE;
if($result = mysql_fetch_array($news)) {
$title = mysql_result($news,0,"title");
$date = mysql_result($news,0,"date");
if($first == TRUE) {
echo '<b>' . $title . ' | ' . $date . '</b>';
$first = FALSE;
}
else {
echo '<b>' . $title . ' | ' . $date . '</b>
<br/>
<img src="images.php?id='. $n_id .'>';
}
}
else {
header("Location: vendi.php");
}
echo '<br />Back to Archive';
}
}

Answer 3

While looping through your results, you can check if you are at the first result:
$counter = 0;
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($news)) {
$title = mysql_result($news,0,"title");
$date = mysql_result($news,0,"date");
echo '<b>' . $title . ' | ' . $date . '</b>';
if ( $counter == 0 ) {
echo '<br /><img src="images.php?id='. $n_id .'>';
}
}