using PHP foreach loop to add ID's to table columns - php

Question

I am looking to add column IDs to a table created by a foreach loop like this. Help is appreciated!:
echo "<h1>Table: {$table}</h1>";
echo "<table border='0'><tr>";
echo "</tr>\n";
// printing table rows
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
echo "<tr>";
// $row is array... foreach( .. ) puts every element
// of $row to $cell variable
foreach($row as $cell)
echo "<td>$cell</td>";
echo "</tr>\n";
Thanks,
Mike

Answer 1

I quite don't understand if you need an id for each cell or row or... column ?
For row :
$i = 1;
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
echo '<tr id="row-"'.$i.'">';
// $row is array... foreach( .. ) puts every element
// of $row to $cell variable
foreach($row as $cell)
echo "<td>$cell</td>";
echo "</tr>\n";
$i++;
}
For cell :
$i = 1;
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
echo '<tr>';
// $row is array... foreach( .. ) puts every element
// of $row to $cell variable
foreach($row as $cell)
echo '<td id="cell-"'.$i.'">$cell</td>';
echo "</tr>\n";
$i++;
}
Notes :
1-
Why are you using this :
echo "<table border='0'><tr>";
echo "</tr>\n";
instead of :
echo "<table border='0'><tr></tr>\n";
or even better :
echo "<table border='0'><tr><td></td></tr>";
Since you know you're using only one cell.
2-
Since you're introducing a int as an id (well, it's usually the case... incremental Ids) and that html's id can't start with a number, you must put something in front of it.

Answer 2

while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
echo "<tr>";
// $row is array... foreach( .. ) puts every element
// of $row to $cell variable
foreach($row as $colName=>$colValue)
// do wathever you like here
echo "</tr>\n";
Regards

Answer 3

#user547794: I'm not entirely sure what you mean, but if you just wish to assign an id to each cell, this should do the trick --
echo "<h1>Table: {$table}</h1>\n";
echo '<table cellspacing="0">' . "\n";
$i = 1;
// printing table rows
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
echo "<tr>\n";
// $row is array... foreach( .. ) puts every element
// of $row to $cell variable
foreach($row as $cell)
{
echo '<td id="r' . $i . '">$cell</td>' . "\n";
}
echo "</tr>\n";
$i++;
}
echo "</table>\n";