change the order the data are showing

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May 29th, 2005, 10:56 AM

kzar

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change the order the data are showing

Hey guys, hello.
I need help with a problem...
When i retrieve data from my dd, the results are shown in colums.
Is it possible to arrange the data to appear in rows?
To be specific, I have two tables (categories and products).
I want to show the products that belong to a category in rows (3 results per row)
For example something like this:
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8

Is there some specific sql command?
Is it a php problem?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
P.S. even an article somewhere would be fine

Thanks in advance

May 29th, 2005, 04:07 PM

Madpawn

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Your database can only spit the data out; any visual arranging needs to be done in your script. In PHP, a simple solution is:

PHP Code:


		
			
 $counter = 0;
 
 while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result) )
 {
   if($counter == 3)
   {
      echo '<br>';
      $counter = 0;
   }
 
   echo $row['field'];
 
   $counter++;
 }

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