How to allow only 4 cells per row in a table in HTML?

Question

I'd like to know if there's a way to allow only 4 cells per row in HTML .. only 4 allowed in a table , if it's more than 4 tds , then another row gets created ..

How could I control that in HTML ?

Answer 1

No, you don't seem to understand what you're asking. You CANNOT do this automatically with only html. Your question pertains to both Html and Php.

Here's a quick n nasty job:

$pdo = new PDO("mysql:host=$host;dbname=$dbName", $userName, $pwd);

$query = $pdo->prepare('select name from products order by id asc');
$query->execute();

echo '<table>';
echo '<tbody>';
$numCellsInRow = 0;
while ($curRow = $query->fetch())
{
    if ($numCellsInRow == 4)
    {
        printf("</tr>");
        $numCellsInRow = 0;
    }
    if ($numCellsInRow == 0)
    {
        printf("<tr>");
    }
    printf("<td>%s</td>", $curRow[0]);

    $numCellsInRow++;
}
echo '</tbody>';
echo '</table>';

Result

<table>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>1" tweeter</td>
      <td>6" sub</td>
      <td>Sony Headphones</td>
      <td>Magnifier</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Red Led</td>
      <td>Blue LED</td>
      <td>7 segment LED</td>
      <td>Lalique stained glass</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>LED downlight</td>
      <td>BiPole light-switch</td>
      <td>DC, 10amp</td>
      <td>Monster Cable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Sata 2.0 Cable</td>
      <td>Speaker Wire</td>
      <td>USB 2.0 A to B Cable</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>