help please, cant fetch data from mysql
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:37 pm
this is a page which displays all the questions in the DB
please tell me why cant i see the no data in the table that is produced...only empty cells
thanks
(sorry for my language, not a native speaker)
please tell me why cant i see the no data in the table that is produced...only empty cells
thanks
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$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name ORDER BY id DESC";
//order by descending order(of id)
$result = mysql_query($sql);
?>
<table width="90%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
<tr>
<td width="%6" align="center" bgcolor="#E6E6E6"><strong>#</strong></td>
<td width="%53" align="center" bgcolor="#E6E6E6"><strong>Topic</strong></td>
<td width="%15" align="center" bgcolor="#E6E6E6"><strong>Views</strong></td>
<td width="%13" align="center" bgcolor="#E6E6E6"><strong>Replies</strong></td>
<td width="%13" align="center" bgcolor="#E6E6E6"><strong>Date/Time</strong></td>
</tr>
<?php
while($rows=mysql_fetch_array($result)){ //start looping table rows
?> <? echo $rows['id']; ?>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><? echo $rows['id']; ?></td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href=view_topic.php?id=<? echo $rows['id']; ?> > <? echo $rows['topic']; ?></a></td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><? echo $rows['view']; ?></td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><? echo $rows['reply'];?></td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><? echo $rows['datetime'];?></td>
</tr>
<?php
//Exit looping and close connection
}
mysql_close();
?>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" align="right" bgcolor="#E6E6E6" ><a href="create_topic.php"><strong>Create New Topic</strong></a></td>
</tr>
</table>