tables and while loops

Beginners - Learning PHP
#1

Can I ask a question? Please
I am trying to repeat tables in PHP with a while loop. I am just not getting it. I have a table with Div statement in it. If I want it to repeat 5 times can someone please suggest how I would do that? Please.

#2

This is really easy to do, post what you have and one of us will tweak it for you.

#3

while loop
[php]$i = 0;
while ($i < 5) {
echo ‘

Some content
’;
$i++;
}[/php]

for loop
[php]for ($i = 0; $i < 5; $i++) {
echo ‘

Some content
’;
}[/php]

To read:
http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.foreach.php
http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.for.php
http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.while.php
http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.do.while.php

#4

I fixed that but I am really not understanding where I put the loop at. Does it go after the opening body? I am also not understanding how to make the loop put up 5 different boxes. Do I have to put all the

code in the while loop? Thank You For Taking The Time To Look At This.
#5

Can you post what you have done so far and show us what you want it to look like?

#6

You should put the loop where you want the data to show. In the loop you must include all the code you wish to be repeated.

Full example using bootstrap
[php]<?php
ini_set(‘error_reporting’, E_ALL);
ini_set(‘display_errors’, ‘1’);

$names = array(
‘JimL’,
‘topcoder’,
‘plat’
);

?>

Test site 
<div class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top">
  <div class="container">
    <div class="navbar-header">
      <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse">
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
      </button>
      <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Project name</a>
    </div>
    <div class="collapse navbar-collapse">
      <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
        <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
        <li><a href="#about">About</a></li>
        <li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li>
      </ul>
    </div><!--/.nav-collapse -->
  </div>
</div>

<div class="container">

  <div class="starter-template">
    <h1>Test</h1>
    <ul>
       <?php foreach ($names as $name) { ?>
       <li><?= $name ?></li>
       <?php } ?>
    </ul>
  </div>

</div>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://codeorigin.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<script src="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/default.js"></script>
[/php]

This will output:

[php]

Test site 
<div class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top">
  <div class="container">
    <div class="navbar-header">
      <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse">
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
      </button>
      <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Project name</a>
    </div>
    <div class="collapse navbar-collapse">
      <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
        <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
        <li><a href="#about">About</a></li>
        <li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li>
      </ul>
    </div><!--/.nav-collapse -->
  </div>
</div>

<div class="container">

  <div class="starter-template">
    <h1>Test</h1>
    <ul>
                  <li>JimL</li>
                  <li>topcoder</li>
                  <li>plat</li>
               </ul>
  </div>

</div>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://codeorigin.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<script src="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/default.js"></script>
[/php]

the most interesting part beeing this:
[php]


  • JimL

  • topcoder

  • plat

[/php]
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