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[nycphp-talk] Q) learning php - drawing table border around em pty <td>

Scott Mattocks crisscott at netzero.com
Tue Feb 10 12:44:41 EST 2004


If you want the borders to show for all cells you need to set it up in 
the table tag.  Try something like this:

<table style="border: 1px black solid" rules="all">
...

Scott Mattocks

Chris Bielanski wrote:

> What browser are you viewing in? AFAIK the &nbsp; should do the trick...
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Bill Wolf [mailto:wiw at nyc.rr.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 12:14 PM
>>To: talk at lists.nyphp.org
>>Subject: [nycphp-talk] Q) learning php - drawing table border around
>>empty <td>
>>
>>
>>I have a question about populating a table with values from a 
>>query that
>>sometimes are null.
>>
>>When the table's drawn, no border is drawn around those <td> 
>>elements which
>>looks awkward.  I've tried doing some things where I force in 
>>"&nbsp;" into
>>the query results but it doesn't seem to take take.  Suggestions?  
>>
>>
>>
>>$result = mysql_query("select show_id, month, day, year, 
>>location, details ,
>>venue 
>>                      from $database_table order by year, 
>>month, day",$db) 
>>                      or die_now("<h2>Could not select shows</h2>" );
>>...
>>   
>>    while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
>>       $the_id = $row["show_id"];
>>       $the_month = $row["month"];
>>       $the_day = $row["day"];
>>       $the_year = $row["year"];
>>       $the_location = $row["location"];
>>       $the_details = $row["details"];
>>       $the_venue = $row["venue"];
>>
>>...
>>   
>>     // shows
>>     echo("\t<tr align='left' 
>>valign='top'>\n\t\t<td><b>$the_month" . "/" .
>>"$the_day" . "/" . "$the_year" . "<b></td>\n");
>>
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