Styling so a user sees the same exact style no matter what their user id is

Question

In my code, I have a center tag and have styled the center tag so it looks the way I want it to look. It currently looks like this:

Whenever I go on my admin account (one that has a different user id than the normal users) it looks way different than if a regular user would see it. It looks like this:

I would like to know if there is any way around this so it looks the same as if a regular would see it on an admin account.

I've tried putting a div tag around it and using the same styling features, but that didn't work. I've tried putting the center tag around different parts of the code, but since it's an "if" statement, it will look different.

Here is the code:

   <style>
    center{
    border-left: .17em dashed;
    border-top: .17em solid;
    border-right: .17em dashed;
        border-bottom: .17em solid;
        padding-left:25px;
        padding-bottom: 20px;
        width: 1000px;
        background-color: #E1A0A0;
        border-color: black;
        margin: auto;
        text-align: left;
    }
    </style>
    <?php
    while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result, MYSQLI_ASSOC)) {
        echo '<center><b><h2>' . $row['title'] . '</h2></b>' . $row['post'] . '<br/><br/> <b>Posted On: </b>' . $row['postdate'] . '<br/><a href="comments.php?id=' . $row['blogid'] . '">View Post Comments</a> | ';
        if($_SESSION['user_id'] == 3) {
            echo '<a href="update.php?id=' . $row['blogid'] . '" >Update Blog Post</a> | <a href="' . basename(__FILE__) . '?id=' . $row['blogid'] . '" >Delete Blog Post</a></center>';

        }
    }
    ?>

I know that I can't just put another center tag around the

"echo '<center><b><h2>' . $row['title'] . '</h2></b>' . $row['post'] . '<br/><br/> <b>Posted On: </b>' . $row['postdate'] . '<br/><a href="comments.php?id=' . $row['blogid'] . '">View Post Comments</a> |';"

part of the code and

"echo '<a href="update.php?id=' . $row['blogid'] . '" >Update Blog Post</a> | <a href="' . basename(__FILE__) . '?id=' . $row['blogid'] . '" >Delete Blog Post</a></center>';"

part of the code because it will look like this:

Additionally, if I put the center tag around everything, it will look like this:

I just want to make it look the same no matter who views it.

Answer 1

after the close of the if(){} you need to echo '</center>' and remove it from inside the if(){}. You have setup a loop where sometimes center is not closed

echo '<center><b><h2>' . $row['title'] . '</h2></b>' . $row['post'] . '<br/><br/> <b>Posted On: </b>' . $row['postdate'] . '<br/><a href="comments.php?id=' . $row['blogid'] . '">View Post Comments</a> | ';
        if($_SESSION['user_id'] == 3) {
            echo '<a href="update.php?id=' . $row['blogid'] . '" >Update Blog Post</a> | <a href="' . basename(__FILE__) . '?id=' . $row['blogid'] . '" >Delete Blog Post</a>';
        }
echo '</center>';