Hi!

This is a problem of the table formatting on a form in MySQL and PHP.
It may be in the HTML table code.

The problem is one that must be frequent. I have a mixture of one character
and long fill-in text items.

My table now looks awkward. Somebody gave me a complex table that puts colors as backgrounds
behind the headers. Could that be the problem? -Gloria


Here is the URL to view PHP HTML table as it appears on screen:
http://DakotaCom.net/~glomc/forms/CAT.php

Here is the mysql create table structure file:

#
# Table structure for table 'CAT'
#

CREATE TABLE CAT (
id int(10) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL auto_increment,
added datetime DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00' NOT NULL,
name varchar(50) NOT NULL,
course varchar(50) NOT NULL,
unit varchar(50) NOT NULL,
q1 text NOT NULL,
q2 text NOT NULL,
q3 text NOT NULL,
q4 text NOT NULL,
q5 varchar(10) NOT NULL,
q6 varchar(10) NOT NULL,
q7 varchar(10) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
);


Here is the table HTML part of the PHP file:

print "<table>\n";
while ($line = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
print "\t<tr>\n";
foreach ($line as $col_value) {
print "\t\t<td>$col_value</td>\n";
}
print "\t</tr>\n";
}
print "</table>\n";
*/
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
printf("
<div class=\"colorfield\">
<table>
<tr><th>Date</th><th>Name</th><th>Course</th><th>Unit</th>\n

<tr><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td></tr>\n

<tr><th = colspan = 4> Q1 </th>\n
<tr><td>%s</td>\n

<tr><th = colspan = 4> Q2 </th>\n
<tr><td>%s</td>\n

<tr><th = colspan = 4> Q3 </th>\n
<tr><td>%s</td>\n

<tr><th = colspan = 4> Q4 </th>\n
<tr><td>%s</td>\n

<tr><th>Q5</th><th>Q6</th><th>Q7</th>\n

<tr><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td>\n
</table>


</div>\n",
$row['added'],
$row['name'],
$row['course'],
$row['unit'],
$row['q1'],
$row['q2'],
$row['q3'],
$row['q4'],
$row['q5'],
$row['q6'],
$row['q7']);

}

/* Free resultset */
mysql_free_result($result);

/* Close the database connection */
mysql_close($link);

?>
</body>
</html>

There are too many problems with your code for anyone to spend the time
going thru them all.

I'd suggest, first constructing a regular html table that looks like you
want it to. Hint, IE6 requires something in TDs [e.g., &nbsp;] for
borders to show.

When the table looks the way you want it to, validate the code at
http://validator.w3.org/

Then work on your php code to generate the exact same html.

I think you need to take a step back for a moment. First consider
how you want the data to be presented in html, then the php code
will be very simple.

From what I see and how I would prefer to set the layout would be
something like this:

Date Name Course Unit
Aug 30 2003 Gloria WRT 102 Fall 03 Essay 1

Q1 data for q1
Q2 data for q2
...


Then easily put that into a html table structure:
<tr>
<td>Date</td><td>Name</td><td>Course</td><td>Unit</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Aug 30 2003</td><td>Gloria </td><td>WRT 102 Fall 03</td><td>Essay 1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Q1</td><td colspan="3">data for q1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Q2</td><td colspan="3">data for q2</td>
<tr>
...

Now inside your fetch_array loop just use that template above using
php variables instead of text and table column attributes in the
appropriate places will result in a decent looking site.


Curt
--
"I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 10:23:49 -0700


The SQL has nothing to do with it (though make sure the query returns
what you expect), it's just how you format the table with the data you
have. My advice is to start it simple with no colors or stuff like that
and work on it until you get the proper table (html). Forget about using
other people's code in something like this and try to understand the
logic before you get to beautifying your output. I just spent the last
couple of days with tables formating, css, etc....

--
Regards, Andu Novac

Ok, I had a little extra time this morning

http://zirzow.dyndns.org/html/php/html/table.php


Curt
--
"I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."

Thanks but the lines are all running together in that URL.
I don't know why.
They are not breaking at the end of each line.

Could you re-save a different way?
Maybe send to me as a text file?

Thanks,

Gloria

This is all so advanced. Is it ready to be in place of the table HTML that I already have?

I copied it to word and saved it as a .txt file. IN IE it looked better than in my
Netscape.

Gloria

Yes it should be. I hope it isn't so advanced that you can't
understand what exactly I'm doing. That would rather defeat the
purpose of me writing that up.

My appologies for that, I havn't tested the site in mozilla/netscape
yet, only IE and opera. I'm actually downloading mozilla right now.


HTH,

Curt
--
"I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."