3 Column Locator

[tripwire8]

Hello, Does anyone have any ideas on how to create a dynamic even 3 column listing showing states with their respective locations in php?

Similar to how they did it on the Apple retail store locator. http://www.apple.com/retail/storelist/

Each column is evenly spaced.

I've been racking my brain for a few days and I can't figure this out.

[rincewind456]

Code for a 3 column layout is here. It can be contained in another div to position it the same as the apple page.

[tripwire8]

Thanks. The problem is how do I keep an equal amount of content per column. If I count the number of records returned from my database and divide by 3 that gives me an equal number to work with, but some states have more locations than others which messes up the height of the content in the column.

For example if column 1 has 10 states listed with 50 locations and column 2 has only 5 states listed with 50 locations then column 1 will be showing with a longer column.

Should I be dividing something else by 3 to get a more equal column?