PHP read and display file content in html table with 2 colums

superkingkong

Dear guys,

I need help in reading a text file and displaying the content in an html table with 2 columns.

mytextfile.txt

value1
value2
value3
value4
value5

I've found this code but it's for mySQL use.

<?php
/
If the count is odd, then add an extra
row to the first column, otherwise, keep
the rows the same.
/
$count = mysql_num_rows($result);
if (($count % 2) & 1) {
$c1 = (int) ($count / 2 + 1);
} else {
$c1 = $count / 2;
}
/
I'm using two loops here because it is slightly faster
than forcing the an if..else construct for every iteration.
*/
$str1 = '';
$str2 = '';
for($i = 0; $i < $c1; $i++) {
$row = mysql_fetch_arry($result)
$str1 .= '<li>' . $row['columnName'] . '</li>';
}
for($j = $c1; $j < $count; $j++) { // Use the $c1 as the base num
$row = mysql_fetch_arry($result)
$str2 .= '<li>' . $row['columnName'] . '</li>';
}

print <<<BLOCK
<table>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><ul>$str1</ul></td>
<td valign="top"><ul>$str2</ul></td>
</tr>
</table>
BLOCK;
?>

Appreciate if you can please help, thanks.

dagon

file() will put the contents in to an array then all you need is a loop like the one you posted

superkingkong

hi,

i think i'm doing the wrong thing. sorry, i'm just a newbie in php 😛

<?php
/**
If the count is odd, then add an extra
row to the first column, otherwise, keep
the rows the same.
/

$count = file('link.txt');
if (($count % 2) & 1) {
$c1 = (int) ($count / 2 + 1);
} else {
$c1 = $count / 2;
}
/**
I'm using two loops here because it is slightly faster
than forcing the an if..else construct for every iteration.
*/
$str1 = '';
$str2 = '';
for($i = 0; $i < $c1; $i++) {
$row = $count;
$str1 .= '<li>' . $row['columnName'] . '</li>';
}
for($j = $c1; $j < $count; $j++) { // Use the $c1 as the base num
$row = $count;
$str2 .= '<li>' . $row['columnName'] . '</li>';
}

print <<<BLOCK
<table>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><ul>$str1</ul></td>
<td valign="top"><ul>$str2</ul></td>
</tr>
</table>
BLOCK;
?>

appreciate if you can please help, thanks.

dagon

and the problem\question is?

superkingkong

I need help in reading a text file and displaying the content in an html table with 2 columns.

text file:
line1
line2
line3
...

thanks.

dagon

I'm not writing the script for you, once you have read the file with file() you have the array to use, if you have a question beyond that ask.