columms don't align

[Anon]

I am using this code bellow but the collums get messed up.

if ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
do {
echo "<table width=762 border=1 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>";
echo "<td width=18>$myrow[n_client]&nbsp;</td>";
echo "<td width=80>$myrow[nmclient]&nbsp;</td>";
echo "<td width=70>$myrow[contact]&nbsp;</td>";
echo "<td width=60>$myrow[phone1]&nbsp;</td>";
echo "<td width=60>$myrow[phone2]&nbsp;</td>";
echo "<td width=60>$myrow[fax]&nbsp;</td>";
echo "<td width=80>$myrow[email1]&nbsp;</td><tr>";
} while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result));

echo "</table>\n";

} else {

  echo "   
<table border=0 bordercolor=1  cellspacing=0 = cellpadding=3>
<tr>
<td bgcolor=#CCCCFF><b>Nothing found</b></td>
</tr>
  </table>";

I have tryed to put a space after the content, but it didn't work. I think it has to do when a field doesn't receive any data.
Does anyone have an experience with tables that could help me avoid this type of problem?

[Anon]

Try putting an &nbsp in each table cell.

eg.

echo "<td width=18>$myrow[n_client] &nbsp</td>";

Just putting a space won't usually work!

[Anon]

First, your column widths don't add up to the width of your table.
That leaves free-space that the browser will try to devide over your columns.

Second, your while loop creates new tables, but does not close them inside the loop.

[Anon]

try puting a "&nbsp;" after the content...

Andreas Bernhardsen

[Anon]

I think what Andreas is trying to say, and what I was trying to say......I hope this works........try putting in an "<pre>&nbsp</pre>"

Hard to see in our replies because it comes out as a space!

[Anon]

Now what I was trying to is this:
"& n b s p"

get rid of the spaces and between the characters above and you'll have what apparently can't be displayed in this forum, a non-beakong space!!

[Anon]

Also, if the content of your cells is wider than the width you want it to be, the cell will be forced to be a new width if there is freespace left.

[Anon]

Yeah.. that was what i put in... & nb sp ; (without the spaces inbetween... but it got interpreted by the browser so it wouldn't show... Thanks anyway

Andreas