php columns from xml [duplicate]

Question

How to make columns in index.php? Now just show everything in one column. I want 3 or 4 columns with 10 rows something like that.

I'm using this code:

<?php
$url = file_get_contents('https://somesite.xml');
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($url);
$data = $xml->entry;
for($i = 0; $i < count($data); $i++){
$title = $data[$i]->title;
$title = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9\-]/', '-', $title);
$title = preg_replace('/-+/', '+', $title);
$item = $data[$i]->content;
$a = preg_match_all('#src="(.*?)"#',$item,$isi);
$img = $isi[1][0];
echo '<br><a href="download.php?q='.$title.'"><img src="'.$img.'"title='.$title.' /></br>';

This is more of an HTML/CSS question than PHP/XML. I think you should remove the <br>s and float the anchor elements though. — chris85
– chris85, Commented Apr 11, 2015 at 18:21

chris85 · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-11 19:18:21Z

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You can do something like this, tested on local sample values might need some tweaking. Also your links weren't being closed, typo maybe?

<?php
$url = file_get_contents('https://somesite.xml');
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($url);
$data = $xml->entry;
for($i = 0; $i < count($data); $i++){
    $title = $data[$i]->title;
    $title = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9\-]/', '-', $title);
    $title = preg_replace('/-+/', '+', $title);
    $item = $data[$i]->content;
    $a = preg_match_all('#src="(.*?)"#',$item,$isi);
    $img = $isi[1][0];
    echo '<a style="float:left; display:block;" href="download.php?q='.$title.'"><img src="'.$img.'"title='.$title.' /></a>';
    if($i % 4 == 0 && $i > 1) {
        echo '<div style="clear:both;" />';
    }   
}
if($i % 4 != 0) {
     //we didnt clear we should clear so other contents on the page arent floated
     echo '<div style="clear:both;" />';
}
?>

This is to display the links 4 per line, change the $i % 4 to $i % 3 if you want 3, and so on for others. That operator is called modulus, here's a doc on it http://php.net/language.operators.arithmetic.

edited Apr 11, 2015 at 19:18

answered Apr 11, 2015 at 18:33

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10 Comments

Zrock1 Over a year ago

This messy my site from up to down :D

chris85 Over a year ago

Are your images varying sizes?

Zrock1 Over a year ago

No, its same size. 175x175

chris85 Over a year ago

Hmm, can you post a screenshot or link of your site?

hakre Over a year ago

to work with modulo can be a correct approach, but don't miss to clear floats after the loop as well.

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