Multicolumn Output from a Database with PHP a more efficient way

before beginning this is more of a simple script than a tutorial
so don't expect long explanations this was made in a spare of the moment thing

example of how it wuld show


this script allows you to have so many columns per row it can come in handy

here is the code you will be using.



a little break down

first bit of this code am showing you is another way of doing an ifelse statment so this

($i % $columns) ? $row = FALSE : $row = TRUE;

is basicaly

if($i % $columns) { $row = FALSE; } else { $row = TRUE; }

normaly when your using this version of an ifelse statement it would go something like this.

$me = ($_GET['me'] == 1) ? echo $_GET['me'] : echo 'sorry it does not == 1';

then you would echo $me; and it would either echo 1 or the other

next part is simple if($i && $row) { echo '<tr></tr>';} $i++;

which basicaly means if row exceeds columns limit then create another row after that you stick $i++ on then end which basicaly means

"add 1 and return the value of i-1" or "return the value of i, then add 1 to it"

when using this script you use it as shown



its pretty simple, easy and efficient i personally use this for the likes of rosters to show the users profile image and username.

but what ever you think you can use it for enjoy

p.s i appologies if this looks in anyways messy kind of a quick type don't have alot of time to sit down and go through it.

but the script works with no problems because i'm using it obviously. anyways enjoy