alternate set of rows

[brilliants]

a big hi to all the developers out there...

first of all take a look at this static html
http://www.lootah.com/arabictutor/4english/sentences/s01.htm this is the wanted format.

i've gone throug many alternateing scripts, unfortunatlly, i couldnt find that match my requirement.

what im tryin to present the result in something like this

---

|catid:1 |catid:2 |catid:3 |
|catnm |catnm |catnm |
|imgpath|imgpath|imgpath|

---

|catid:4 |catid:5 |catid:6 |
|catnm |catnm |catnm |
|imgpath|imgpath|imgpath|

---

|catid:7 |catid:8 |catid:9 |
|catnm |catnm |catnm |
|imgpath|imgpath|imgpath|

and so on

with the below script im able to get something like this:-

|catid:1 |catid:2 |catid:3 |
|catid:4 |catid:5 |catid:6 |
|catid:7 |catid:8 |catid:9 |

<table border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<?
$rw = 3;//number of columns per row
$cnt = 0;
while ($result=mysql_fetch_array($query))
{
    $cnt = $cnt + 1;
    # Your results layout goes here
	$catid=$result[0];//cat Id
	$catprntid=$result[1];//parent id
	$catnm=$result[2];//name
	$cattitle=$result[3];//title
	$imgpath=$result[4];//img src

echo "<td vAlign=top align=middle bgColor=#dbdce9>
<a href=alphabets.php?catprntid=$catid><img src=$imgpath></a></td>";

if ( $cnt >= $rw ){
    print("</tr>");
    $cnt = 0;
}
}
?>
</tr>
</table>

[sarahk]

this thread (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10251520) covers the same issue, only with 2 rows, not 3. I'm sure you'll get the gist of it. If you still have problems post your code.

[coreyp_1]

Although this is perhaps not as glamerous a solution as the previous suggestion, you could simply use a table-within-table setup.

For example, in the main table, each cell is for the corresponding catid. In each cell, create a separate, 3 row table containing the necessary info.

<table border="0" width="100%"> 
<? 
$rw = 3;//number of columns per row 
$cnt = 0; 
while ($result=mysql_fetch_array($query)) 
{ 
    if ($cnt == 0)
        echo "<tr>";
    $cnt++; 
    # Your results layout goes here 
    $catid=$result[0];//cat Id 
    $catprntid=$result[1];//parent id 
    $catnm=$result[2];//name 
    $cattitle=$result[3];//title 
    $imgpath=$result[4];//img src 

echo "<td>";
// interior table
    echo "<table>";
    echo "<tr><td vAlign=top align=middle bgColor=#dbdce9> 
    <a href=alphabets.php?catprntid=$catid><img src=$imgpath></a></td></tr>";
    echo "<tr><td>$catnm</td></tr>";
    echo "<tr><td>$imgpath</td></tr>";
    echo "</tr></table>";
// end interior table
    echo "</td>";

if ( $cnt >= $rw ){ 
    print("</tr>"); 
    $cnt = 0; 
} 
} 
?> 
</tr> 
</table> 

[brilliants]

it worked .. just perfect ....& its as simple as it is ...

thanks for the very great help..

now i can streach my hans on my <table> 😉

i new i was never mistaken whome to ask!

you've made my day... thanks once again..