Fixing Variables to Correspond in Tables

[tgh]

Hello Everyone,

Help! Let me explain what I'm trying to do and hopefully someone can set me straight.

I have picture A and link A in a table row and I need the same link A and description A to go into another table row right next to it. No problems there but I want to incorporate PHP so there's a different picture B and link B in a table row that correlates with link B and description B in the same table row.

Right now I'm getting picture A in one table row and description B in the table row next to it. Eek! 🙁

Here's an example of my code which is obviously wrong:

<table width=548 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0>
<tr valign=top>

<td width=85><BR>
<?php 


$topic_pic[] = 'PICTURE A'; 
$topic_url[] = 'URL A'; 

$topic_pic[] = 'PICTURE B'; 
$topic_url[] = 'URL B'; 

$topic_pic[] = 'PICTURE C'; 
$topic_url[] = 'URL C'; 

$topic_nr = rand(0,$topic-1); 

$pic = $topic_pic[$topic_nr]; 
$url = $topic_url[$topic_nr]; 

echo "<a href='$url'><img src='$pic' border=0 align=left></A>\n"; 

?>

</td>
<td width=5><img src="/pixel.gif" width=5 height=1></td>
<td width=179>
<BR><b><FONT FACE="arial, helvetica">

<?php 

$topic_url[] = 'URL A'; 
$topic_txt[] = 'URL TEXT A'; 
$topic_desc[] = 'DESCRIPTION A'; 

$topic_url[] = 'URL B'; 
$topic_txt[] = 'URL TEXT B'; 
$topic_desc[] = 'DESCRIPTION B';  

$topic_url[] = 'URL C'; 
$topic_txt[] = 'URL TEXT C'; 
$topic_desc[] = 'DESCRIPTION C';  

$topic = count($topic_txt); 

$topic_nr = rand(0,$topic-1); 

$url = $topic_url[$topic_nr]; 
$txt = $topic_txt[$topic_nr]; 
$desc = $topic_desc[$topic_nr];

echo "\n<a href='$url'>$txt</a>\n";
echo "\n<BR></B></FONT><FONT FACE=times new roman, helvetica>$desc</FONT>";  

?>

</td>

And then, of course, my code goes on. Can anyone help?

[edwardsbc]

You are going to have to explain you problem a little more clearly. If you want another set of links in the same row just generate the anchor tags between another pair of <td> tags.

Why do you redifine 'topic_url'? You understand that saying 'array[]=something' adds a new index to the array right? In otherword, the second time you say '$topic_url[]='URL A';' the index is 4, but the index for the (I assume) associated $topic_txt[] is going to be 1.

[victordb]

I don't have a clue what you mean.

[siwis]

What edward is saying that you aren't advancing your arrays equally, therefore your entries will get jumbled. (I think!)

I must admit, even I can't work out exactly what you're trying to achieve. You say "table row" but then "next to it"???? rows are above and below, columns are next to each other.

So, you want?:

Row 1
Cell1 PictureA LinkA Cell2 DescrA LinkA
Row 2
Cell1 PictureB LinkB Cell2 DescrB LinkB

etc

Is this right???