Create table with PHP and populate from MySQL
- by typoknig
Hi all, I am creating a table to display on a web page and that table is populated from data in a MySQL database. I am trying to do a couple of things that are making it difficult for me.
First I am trying to have call the PHP code that exists in a separate file in HTML via JavaScript. I think I have that working right but I am not 100% sure (because the table will not display). I think it is working right because some of the code for the table (which is in the PHP file) displays in FireBug.
Second I am trying to make it so the rows alternate colors for easy viewing too. My PHP code so far is below. The table does not display at all in any browser.
$query = "SELECT * FROM employees";
$result = mysql_query($query);
$num = mysql_num_rows($result);
echo '<table>';
for ($i = 0; $i < $num; $i++){
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
$id = $row['id'];
$l_name = $row['l_name'];
$f_name = $row['f_name'];
$ssn = $row['ssn'];
$class = (($i % 2) == 0) ? "table_odd_row" : "table_even_row";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td class=" . $class . ">$wrap_id</td>";
echo "<td class=" . $class . ">$wrap_l_name</td>";
echo "<td class=" . $class . ">$wrap_f_name</td>";
echo "<td class=" . $class . ">$wrap_ssn</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo '</table>';
mysql_close($link);
}
