Assign table data to variable, and then repeat

Ok, so here goes.

I need to retrieve data, (ie. id, title, introtext.) from my database and store each in a variable.

I then need to repeat this for the next 4 records.

So I would have 5 sets of variables.

I then want to output each set of variables in a table (for now)

I have managed to retrive and store the data for the first row, but don't know where to start with repeating the task for the next 4 records.

Here is my code, if you don't have enough info jut ask.

Thanks.

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<?php 
 
connecttodb($servername,$dbname,$dbusername,$dbpassword);

function connecttodb($servername,$dbname,$dbuser,$dbpassword)
 
{

global $link;

$link=mysql_connect ("$servername","$dbuser","$dbpassword");

if(!$link){die("Could not connect to MySQL");}

mysql_select_db("$dbname",$link) or die ("could not open db".mysql_error());

}
 
$results = @mysql_query("SELECT * FROM jos2_content WHERE `state` =1 AND `ordering` !=0 ORDER BY ordering ASC LIMIT 0,5"); 
 
while ($result = mysql_fetch_array($results)) { 

$id = $result['id']; 

$title = $result['title']; 

$introtext = $result['introtext']; 

} 
 
?> 
 
<FORM> 
 
<B>Output:</B><BR> 
 
<table>

    <tr><td><?php echo $id ;?></td></tr>

    <tr><td><?php echo $title ;?></td></tr>

    <tr><td><?php echo $introtext ;?></td></tr>

</table>

Jul 28 '07 #1

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This is how I normally do it.

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 <?php

if (count($results))

{

    $i = 0;

    while ($i < count($results))

    // or if you only wanted to return a total of 5 records

    // while ($i < 5)

    {

        $retarray[$i]["id"] = $result[$i]["id"];

        $retarray[$i]["title"] = $result[$i]["title"];

        $retarray[$i]["introtext"] = $result[$i]["introtext"];

        ++$i;

    }

}

?>
 
<form>

    <b>Output: 
 
    <table>

    <?php 

    $i = 0;

    while ($i < count($retarray)){

        print "<tr><td>".$retarray[$i]["id"]."</td></tr>";

        print "<tr><td>".$retarray[$i]["title"]."</td></tr>";

        print "<tr><td>".$retarray[$i]["introtext"]."</td></tr>";

        ++$i;

    }?>

    </table>

Jul 28 '07 #2

keeps21

Thanks for your reply. I have amended my code and now when run the only output I have is 'output'.

Here is the Source code of the output.
[html]

<html>
<head>
</head>

<body>
<b>Output: </b>

<table>
<tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr> </table>

</body>
</html>

[/html]

Can you see the problem with my code?

Thanks.

Jul 28 '07 #3

ilearneditonline

130

Expert 100+

Thanks for your reply. I have amended my code and now when run the only output I have is 'output'.

Here is the Source code of the output.
[html]

<html>
<head>
</head>

<body>
<b>Output: </b>

<table>
<tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr> </table>

</body>
</html>

[/html]

Can you see the problem with my code?

Thanks.

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<html>

<head>

</head>

<body>

    <b>Output: </b>

    <table>

    <tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr>    </table>

</body>

</html>

Sorry, typo on my part. Should have been results, not result.

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 {

        $retarray[$i]["id"] = $results[$i]["id"];

        $retarray[$i]["title"] = $results[$i]["title"];

        $retarray[$i]["introtext"] = $results[$i]["introtext"];

        ++$i;

    }

Jul 28 '07 #4

keeps21

Thanks, I've tried that but I'm still getting the same output, see bottom of post.

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<?
 
     $results=mysql_query("SELECT id, title, introtext FROM jos2_content WHERE `state` =1 AND `ordering` !=0 ORDER BY ordering ASC");
 
if (count($results))

{

    $i = 0;

    while ($i < count($results))

    // or if you only wanted to return a total of 5 records

    // while ($i < 5)

   {

        $retarray[$i]["id"] = $results[$i]["id"];

        $retarray[$i]["title"] = $results[$i]["title"];

        $retarray[$i]["introtext"] = $results[$i]["introtext"];

        ++$i;

    }

}

?>
 
<html>

<head>

</head>
 
<body>

    <b>Output: </b>
 
    <table>

    <?php 

    $i = 0;

    while ($i < count($retarray)){

        print "<tr><td>".$retarray[$i]["id"]."</td></tr>";

        print "<tr><td>".$retarray[$i]["title"]."</td></tr>";

        print "<tr><td>".$retarray[$i]["introtext"]."</td></tr>";

        ++$i;

    }?>

    </table>
 
</body>

</html>

[html]

<html>
<head>
</head>

<body>
<b>Output: </b>

<table>
<tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr> </table>

</body>
</html>

[/html]

Jul 28 '07 #5

ilearneditonline

130

Expert 100+

Thanks, I've tried that but I'm still getting the same output, see bottom of post.

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<?

     $results=mysql_query("SELECT id, title, introtext FROM jos2_content WHERE `state` =1 AND `ordering` !=0 ORDER BY ordering ASC");

if (count($results))

{

    $i = 0;

    while ($i < count($results))

    // or if you only wanted to return a total of 5 records

    // while ($i < 5)

   {

        $retarray[$i]["id"] = $results[$i]["id"];

        $retarray[$i]["title"] = $results[$i]["title"];

        $retarray[$i]["introtext"] = $results[$i]["introtext"];

        ++$i;

    }

}

?>

<html>

<head>

</head>

<body>

    <b>Output: </b>

    <table>

    <?php

    $i = 0;

    while ($i < count($retarray)){

        print "<tr><td>".$retarray[$i]["id"]."</td></tr>";

        print "<tr><td>".$retarray[$i]["title"]."</td></tr>";

        print "<tr><td>".$retarray[$i]["introtext"]."</td></tr>";

        ++$i;

    }?>

    </table>

</body>

</html>

[html]

<html>
<head>
</head>

<body>
<b>Output: </b>

<table>
<tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr> </table>

</body>
</html>

[/html]

Sorry, not really sure where my mind is today. I always use mdb2 or previously db from PEAR. I think it wasn't fetching the fieldnames.

I hope this works for you.

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 $i = 0;

while $result = mysql_fetch_array($results)){

    $retval[$i]["id"] = $result["id"];

    $retval[$i]["title"] = $result["title"];

    $retval[$i]["introtext"] = $result["introtext"];

    ++$i;

}

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