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Multi Column Output

Multi Column Output

<html> 
<h1><center>Output to 2 columns</center></h1> 
<table border="1" align="center"> 

<? 
//you need this - it tells the data what collumn to go to   
$count = 1; 
$column = 1; 

//db connect and select 

$link = mysql_connect( "localhost", "root", "password" ); 
mysql_select_db( "dbname" ); 

$result=mysql_query ("select * from table_name"); 


//loop statement 
while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array ($result)) 
{ 
// this is the column 1 
if ($column == 1) 
{ 
printf("<tr><td><b>$count</b>%s</td>",$myrow[value]); 

} 
else{ 
//this  is the column 2   
printf("<td><b>$count</b>%s</td></tr>",$myrow[value]); 

} 
//increment the count 
$count += 1; 
// this is a modulus operator it gets the remainder of the equation 
$column = $count % 2; 
} 

?> 
</table> 
</html>