php page doesnt display correctly

germanjulian

😕 UPDATE!!!

ok. I code a php page like an HTML page.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>PRIME EXCLUSIVE PRESALES FAX</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#000000" VLINK="#000000" >

etc...........

then i create a php section

<?php this section extratcs data from a mysql database and put it in a tabel
?>

then some more HTML...... closing my page of

</center>
</BODY>
</HTML>

i created the page first without any php statements and the page displayed correctly. i then added the php code which works fine however the table is not in the middle of the page like expected but at the bottom?
😕

UPDATE: I just checked the output html source and that seems correct. i copied it into dreamweaver and checked. me really confused now. nowhere in my noob book did it say that i have to format php output

scoppc

I guess that you misplaced the php output that it affected your HTML tags and of course, your display.
You can try to paste your entire code here (HTML and PHP) for others to review but please, enclose em within

 or [CODE].

;)

germanjulian

ok here is the code. please note that i have been fiddeling with this trying to get it towork for 2 hours now. i am about to beat my computer (work computer so its ok) up


<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>PRIME EXCLUSIVE PRESALES FAX</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<?php
  include ("connect.php");
  $query = "SELECT * FROM stock";
  $result = mysql_query($query)
       or die ("Couldn't execute query.");

  echo "<p><b>MAHHHH test OUTPUT </b></p>
  <body bgcolor='#FFFFFF' text='#000000'>
	<table width='80%' border='1' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='1'>
  	<tr bgcolor='#DDDDDD'>
       <td width='20%' ><font face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <b>Artist</b></font></td>
       <td width='25%'><font face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <b>Title</b></font></td>
       <td width='7%'><font face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <b>Label Logo</b></font></td>
       <td width='12%'><font face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <b>Label</b></font></td>
       <td width='27%'><font face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <b>Comments</b></font></td>
       <td width='9%'><font face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <b>CatNo</b></font></td>
       <td width='7%'><font face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <b>Price</b></font></td>
       <td width='7%'><font face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <b>Format</b></font></td>

   </tr>\n

   <p><b>test output</b></p> ";

   echo 'balh balh';
?>


</BODY>
</HTML>

[CODE]

scoppc

at first glance, you have 2 <BODY> tag. One outside PHP scripts and one is inside. Next, you dont have </table> to close your opened <table> tag.

Oh yes, you need to close

 with a 'slash' as in HTML to get desired result in this forum. :)

germanjulian

hermph

smacks head against tabel

this is what happens if you dont know how to code HTML or php!
thanks

groovything

Originally posted by germanjulian
hermph

smacks head against tabel

this is what happens if you dont know how to code HTML or php!
thanks

this is how you learn it :-) welcome to the club!!!