Formatting a Table in PHP (1 x 12)

jmclaughlin1701

Evening all, thanks for looking.

I am trying to code a PHP page that will display a multiplication table 1 x 12 with the 1st value in X and Y being blank (an example output of what it should produce can be seen here -

http://courseweb.unt.edu/gjones/spr2011/cecs5100/assign1/index.html

Below is my code. I have the basic table built, but I am having issues with 2 parts. A) putting that "blank" one in and
😎 formatting the color of the first column and row.

Any suggestions? I'm sure some of you will laugh but hey, there are newbs out there like me...

<?php
echo "<table border=1 width=25%";
for ($x = 1; $x <= 12; $x++ )
{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>".$x."</td>";

for ( $y = 2; $y <= 12; $y++ )
{
echo "<td>".$x * $y."</td>";
}
echo "</tr>";
}
?>

Emma

If you look at your output you have produced the content i.e. the bit in white but not the multiplying row and column the blue bits.

So how to make the blue bits? I'm sure there's many ways you can do this. Personally I would create them using the current loops, but instead of echoing everything out as the programme runs. I would assign them to variables; one variable for the content, another for the multiplier row, then echo them out at bottom.

To get the blue formatting, if you right click on your tutor's page and view source you can see what formatting they've used (bgcolor).

jmclaughlin1701

Emma;10973625 wrote:
If you look at your output you have produced the content i.e. the bit in white but not the multiplying row and column the blue bits.

So how to make the blue bits? I'm sure there's many ways you can do this. Personally I would create them using the current loops, but instead of echoing everything out as the programme runs. I would assign them to variables; one variable for the content, another for the multiplier row, then echo them out at bottom.

To get the blue formatting, if you right click on your tutor's page and view source you can see what formatting they've used (bgcolor).

Thanks for the reply. I do have the output source that the tutor used but what I am not figuring out is what coding he did to use it... I used this to get the first column blue but I can not fogire out how to make thefist row blue..

<?php
echo "<table border=1 width=25%";
for ($x = 1; $x <= 12; $x++ )
{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td bgcolor=#CCFFFF>".$x."</td>";
echo "<td>".$x."</td>";

for ( $y = 2; $y <= 12; $y++ )
{
echo "<td>".$x * $y."</td>";
}
echo "</tr>";
}
?>

"I would assign them to variables; one variable for the content, another for the multiplier row, then echo them out at bottom." <--- How would I do this?

Emma

I couldn't think of a way of explaining why I would assign variables without confusing you more, so I've included my solution to this task to illustrate the point. You were very close to a solution with your way, so I took that as my starting point.

Basically, you can assign strings to a variable just like you assigned the numbers the $x and $y variables in your loops. You can also keep adding more to that variable by using .= this says the variable equals my current value plus the new stuff I'm adding. When you've finished adding everything to your variable you can then display it using echo, for example echo $variable;

	// Start table
	echo "<table border=1 width=25>";
	// Set top row and first cell which is empty
	$multiplierRow = "<tr style='color:red'><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>";
	$sumRow = "";
	for ($x = 1; $x <= 12; $x++ )
	{	
		$multiplierRow .= "<td>".$x."</td>";
		// Start new row
		$sumRow .= "<tr>";
		// First column, multiplier column
		$sumRow .= "<td style='color:red'>".$x."</td>";
			for ( $y = 1; $y <= 12; $y++ )
			{
				// Actual results
				$sumRow .= "<td>".$x * $y."</td>";
			}
		$sumRow .= "</tr>";			
	}
	$multiplierRow .= "</tr>";
	// Display top row
	echo $multiplierRow;
	// Display subsquent rows
	echo $sumRow;
	// Close table
	echo "</table>";

One thing to note is I started your $y loop from 1 otherwise you don't get the times one column.