horizontal looper displays incorrectly..

[dotty]

😕 Hi

I'm trying to display thumbnails from an xml file in columns of 3 per row - like this

thumb1 thumb2 thumb3
thumb4 thumb5 thumb6

I found the code to do a horizonal looper on another thread in the forum but it displays 3 of the same product in each row. Like this:

thumb1 thumb1 thumb1
thumb2 thumb2 thumb2

the code I'm using is:

<? 
$cols = 3;  

$rows = ceil(count($thumbnail) / $cols ); 
?>

<table border="1" align="center">

<?
for($i=1;$i<=$rows;$i++)
{ 
?>

<tr> 

<?php for($j=1;$j<=$cols;$j++){ ?> 

<td align="center">
	<a href="details.php?mdl=<?=$model[$i]?>"><img src="<?=$thumbnail[$i]?>" border="0"></a>
	</td>

<?php } $j++;  ?> 

<?php }?> 

</tr> 
</table>

Can anybody help me with this? 🙂

[devinemke]

i suggest a different approach:

<?php
$chunks = array_chunk($thumbnail, 3);
echo '<table border="1">';
foreach ($chunks as $value)
{
	echo '<tr>';
	foreach ($value as $subvalue)
	{
		echo '<td><img src="' . $subvalue . '"></td>';
	}
	echo '</tr>';
}
echo '</table>';
?>

[dotty]

Hi devinemke

Thank you so much! They now display exactly how I needed. But I can't work out how to explode the link array ($model). I tried adding another 'foreach' but got into this mad never-ending loop. Can you guide me on this one too?

:o

[devinemke]

post the exact array structure of $thumbnail and $model

[dotty]

Here is the code that reads the file - it wasn't written by myself so I don't understand it!

<?php
 $filemanufacturer="products.jsp";
 $data = implode("", file($filemanufacturer));
   $parser = xml_parser_create();
    xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0);
    xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1);
    xml_parse_into_struct($parser, $data, $values, $tags);
    xml_parser_free($parser);
	 $manufacturers=array();
	 $features=array();
	 $model=array();
	 $thumbnail=array();
	  $count1="0";
	  $counter="0";
	  $primarycount="0";
	foreach($values as $key=>$val)
	{	

	foreach($val as $key1=>$val1)
	{	
		if($key1=="tag")
		{
			if($val1=="item")
			{
				$primarycount++;
				if($primarycount%2!=0)
				{
					$counter++;
					//echo "<br>".$counter."<br>";
					$count1=$count1+1;	
				}

			}
			if($val1=="manufacturer")
			{	
				$manufacturers[$counter]=$val['value'];
			}
			if($val1=="model")
			{	
				$model[$counter]=$val['value'];
				$count1=0;
			}
			if($val1=="thumbnail")
			{	
				$thumbnail[$counter]=$val['value'];
			}
			if($val1=="feature")
			{	
				$features[$counter][$count1]=$val['value'];
				$count1++;
			}

		}
	}
}

?>

and then in the body - your code ..

<?php 

$chunks = array_chunk($thumbnail, 3); 
echo '<table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="3">'; 

foreach ($chunks as $value) 
{ 
    echo '<tr>'; 
    foreach ($value as $subvalue) 
    { 
     ?>
	 <td><a href="details.php?mdl=<? echo $model ?>"><img src="<? echo $subvalue ?>" border="0"></a></td>
    <?
	  }

echo '</tr>'; 
} 
echo '</table>'; 
?> 

[dotty]

Hi devinemke

I still haven't been able to figure out how to explode the array for the link in this. Everything I've tried is wrong! I really need to resolve this soon so would be really grateful for any suggestions you might have. :bemused:

Or anybody else who happens to drop in!

thanks in advance

[dotty]

anyone?? 🙁

[dotty]

tis alright - has been solved by the original developer.

Here's the code, hopefully, others will be able to use it:

<table border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<? 
for($i=1;$i<=count($thumbnail);$i++)
{ ?>
	<td align="center">
	<a href="details.php?mdl=<?=$model[$i]?>"><img src="<?=$thumbnail[$i]?>" border="0"></a>
	</td>
<?		
	//####################################CHANGE FOR DATA FEED####################################################
	$rcount+=1;
	if($rcount==3)
	{
		echo "</tr><tr>";
		$rcount=0;
	}
	//############################END###################################
}
?>
</tr>