Display the results of a MySQL search in x number of columns.

By : Tanedra

$column=1;

while($value=mysql_fetch_object($result))
{

if ($column==1)
{
// Begin row in table
echo "<tr>";
}

// This loops in the while() statement to get each result from the database.
?>
<td>
<?php echo $value->number; ?>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<?php

$column++;


// When you've looped enough, end the row.
if ($column==6)
{
echo "</tr>";
$column=1;
}

}

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