Here is a function I use. Assuming data is stored in an array called $items
you will call out horizontalTable() like this:
horizontalTable(3,600,1,3,3, $items);
Here is the horizontalTable() function code:
// $size: number of columns
// $width: table width
// $border: table border
// $cpadding: table cellpadding
// $cspacing: table cellspacing
// $data: array with data you want to display
function horizontalTable($size, $width, $border, $cpadding, $cspacing,
$data)
{
$table_width = $width;
$width = intval($table_width / $size);
$tr = '<TR ALIGN="left">';
$td = "<TD WIDTH=\"$width\">%s</TD>";
$table = "<TABLE WIDTH=\"$table_width\" BORDER=\"$border\"
CELLPADDING=\"$cpadding\" CELLSPACING=\"$cspacing\">" . $tr;
$i = 0;
foreach($data as $value)
{
$table .= sprintf($td, $value);
$i++;
if(!($i % $size)) {
$table .= '</TR>' . $tr;
}
}
while($i % $size)
{
$table .= sprintf($td, ' ');
$i++;
}
$end_tr = strlen($tr) * -1;
if(substr($table, $end_tr) != $tr){
$table .= '</TR>';
} else {
$table = substr($table, 0, $end_tr);
}
$table .= '</TABLE>';
return $table;
}
-----Original Message-----
From: Raditha Dissanayake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:30 AM
To: dareal hamsta
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] Sorting data into columns vertically
Where is your data stored? if you are using a DB surely using order by
would less painfull?
all the best
dareal hamsta wrote:
> [ Please copy me off list. ]
>
> Say I have 7 items of data and I wish to sort them into 3 columns in a
> HTML table. The items are unevenly sized, so rather than print them
> out in rows - resulting in lots of wasteful whitespace - I would like
> to output them in vertical order. However if I use the modulus
> operator to check for when to break into a new column...
>
> foreach ($items as $item) {
> $counter++;
> if ( ($counter % $columns) == 0) {
> print "</td><td>";
> }
> }
>
> ...the output will be something like this...
>
> +-------+-------+-------+
> | Item1 | Item4 | Item7 |
> | Item2 | Item5 | |
> | Item3 | Item6 | |
> +-----------------------+
>
> ...when what I'm really looking for is this...
>
> +-------+-------+-------+
> | Item1 | Item4 | Item6 |
> | Item2 | Item5 | Item7 |
> | Item3 | | |
> +-----------------------+
>
> Obviously if the number of items and columns are static, I have no
> problem, but how do I get a layout that appeals to people and not
> computers if they're dynamic? This has me befuddled, I'm wondering is
> there an algorithm for doing it or is it effectively a Turing Test.
>
> Thanks,
> adam
>
>
> <?php
> $s=array(74,65,112,104,112,72,32,59,45,41);
> for($i=0;$i<count($s);$i++){echo'&#'.$s[$i].';';}
> ?>
>
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