Multiple output in 3 columns

[Mythotical]

I seem to be having some trouble now. I have it set to display in 3 columns. But it all shows in 1 column. Here is the code:

            <table cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0"
 width="97%" align="center"
 style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(90, 91, 92); border-right: 1px solid rgb(90, 91, 92);">
		<tr>
			<td class="alt1">
				<?php
$sql = mysql_query("
	SELECT * 
	FROM bookmarks
	LEFT JOIN users AS users ON(bookmarks.uid = users.uid)
	WHERE bookmarks.uid = users.uid
") 
or die(mysql_error());
// keeps getting the next row until there are no more to get
echo "<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr><td class=\"alt1Active\" width=\"33%\">";

while($bookmark = mysql_fetch_array($sql))
{
	switch ($bookmark['displayorder'])
	{
		// Print out the contents of each row into a table
		case 1:
			echo "<a href=\"http://" . $bookmark['link'] . "\">" . $bookmark['name'] . "</a><br />";
			break;
			echo "</td>";
			echo "<td>blah blah blah</td>";
			echo "<td class=\"alt1Active\" width=\"34%\">";
		case 0:
			echo "<a href=\"http://" . $bookmark['link'] . "\">" . $bookmark['name'] . "</a><br />";
			break;
			echo "</td>";
			echo "<td>blah blah blah</td>";
			echo "<td class=\"alt1Active\" width=\"33%\">";
		case 2:
			echo "<a href=\"http://" . $bookmark['link'] . "\">" . $bookmark['name'] . "</a><br />";
			break;
	}
}
echo "</td></tr></table>";
?>
			</td>
		</tr>
            </table>

Any help would be appreciated, also this is my first attempt at a stand alone script so please explain in very good detail what I did wrong and what needs to be done to fix it.

Thanks in advance
Steve

[Piranha]

Please search this forum for "columns", it tells exactly how you can solve the problem of using more than one column.

[bogu]

echo "<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">"; 

while($bookmark = mysql_fetch_array($sql)) 
{ 
    echo "<tr><td class=\"alt1Active\" width=\"33%\">";
    switch ($bookmark['displayorder']) 
    { 
        // Print out the contents of each row into a table 
        case 1: 
            echo "<a href=\"http://" . $bookmark['link'] . "\">" . $bookmark['name'] . "</a><br />"; 
            break; 
            echo "</td>"; 
            echo "<td>blah blah blah</td>"; 
            echo "<td class=\"alt1Active\" width=\"34%\">"; 
        case 0: 
            echo "<a href=\"http://" . $bookmark['link'] . "\">" . $bookmark['name'] . "</a><br />"; 
            break; 
            echo "</td>"; 
            echo "<td>blah blah blah</td>"; 
            echo "<td class=\"alt1Active\" width=\"33%\">"; 
        case 2: 
            echo "<a href=\"http://" . $bookmark['link'] . "\">" . $bookmark['name'] . "</a><br />"; 
            break; 
    } 
    echo "</td></tr>";
} 
echo "</table>"; 

[Mythotical]

already have, what I am trying to do here is pull information from the DB for the left column, center column and right column and display each bit in the corresponding column.

What I found through a search did me no good so I am forced to ask.

[Mythotical]

bogu, what you gave me did not split it how it should have been.

The first table tag you see must stay otherwise it will mess up the design.