Not getting any space between tables but views fine

SeanKann

I've been working on adding new stuff and changing stuff for my gaming website

The code below works 100% there is actually nothing wrong with it.. however.. I'm tryin' to put spaces between the tables after each post so it looks more organized.

<?php
$dbhost = "localhost";
$dbuser = "*********";
$dbpass = "*********";
$dbname = "dnmeguil_betadnme";
$table = "dnme_news";
mysql_connect($dbhost,$dbuser,$dbpass);
@mysql_select_db($dbname) or die( "Unable to select database");

$query="SELECT * FROM $table ORDER BY id desc";
$result=mysql_query($query);

$num=mysql_numrows($result);
mysql_close();
if ($num>5) {
$to=5;
}else{
$to=$num;
}
$i=0;
while ($i < $to) {

$poster=mysql_result($result, $i,"poster");
$news=mysql_result($result, $i, "news");
$time=mysql_result($result, $i, "time");
$category=mysql_result($result, $i, "category");
$title=mysql_result($result, $i, "title");

print "<table width='100%' border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' bordercolor='#000000'>
  <tr>
    <td><table width='100%' border='0' align='left' cellpadding='1' cellspacing='1'>
      <tr bordercolor='#000000'>
        <td><div align='left'><p class='bigletter'>$category $title</b><b></p></div></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><div align='left'><p class='smalltext'>Posted by $poster on </b><b>$time</b></p></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><div align='left'>$news<br><br></td>
      </tr>
    </table></td>
  </tr>";




#print "<b><p class='bigletter'>$category $title</b><b></p><p class='smalltext'>Posted by $poster on </b><b>$time</b></p><br><br>$news<br><br><center><hr></center>";
		$i++;
}
print "</table><br><br>"

?>

As of right now this code is only displaying the latest 5 posts which is fine for what I need.. But I want to put some space between the ables after each post.. I've tired BR and P and won't even put it down 1 line at all.

Here is what it looks like with what I got going on right now

http://beta.dnmeguild.com/index.php

I know most likely it's something simple but who knows.. Aslo the
print "</table><br><br>" i know there should be a ; there but with it there I get an error.. no idea why though.

TIA

rincewind456

This is not a PHP problem but a problem with HTML.

You should clean up your HTML code, you should always have a doctype declaration, take a look here to see which one you require, but I think you need a Transitional one for this type of content to work.

That said if you change the cellpadding value in this line

print "<table width='100%' border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' bordercolor='#000000'>

to 5 (or whatever size space you want) you will get a space between the tables within the table cells.

SeanKann

Well I don't want it for each table cause I got 2 tables there to keep it organized..

The HTML stuff is above cause i throw it into another page.

I have the 1 table with 1 row/column for an outside box then I have a table inside that has the 3 rows i think or 3 columns can't remember what is which.

But after the table ends i want it to be spread out so the next news post that comes out will have a BR then the next table will start.

So have like

| first post here |

a space aka BR

| next post here |

then repeat it for the next posts etc

Sangre

You have a table inside a table if i see it right 😉

Try placing an ampty row between them

remember -> empty rows are not realy empty, they must contain a space  

if you dont add a space, the cell wont display, and <br /> will not work either.

ow and i might be wrong, but arnt you starting up 5 tables, but only closing it once? shouldnt the first <table> be outside the loop?

rincewind456

With the code snippet you provided and looking at the HTML source of the link you gave, each "comment" table is created within a <td></td> table cell, therefore setting the table cell that holds the table to have a style of cellpadding 5 will give you a 5px gap around the table within that cell.