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    ste2me
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    I have been working on a website using PHP and MySQL and although I have knowledge in both these fields, my knowledge is quite limited and I have come across a problem I need help with.
    I am creating a videos page and I would like the videos to be displayed (using PHP) in a format similar to what is found here:

    http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/videos?nav

    I would like the videos to display the date headline (the date being when the videos were posted) then the thumbnails of the videos to be displayed in 4 columns. I already have the videos page set up with the pagination, mysql connection and video details. I am currently displaying the videos in a single column as I dont know how to display PHP results in multiple columns.

    So basically I am looking for the videos page to display the results like this (example):

    Thursday, August 27, 2009
    Video 1 | Video 2 | Video 3 | Video 4
    Video 5 | Video 6 | Video 7 | Video 8

    here is the search script. many thanks

    Code:
    Search Error

    Please enter a search…

    ” ;
    }
    // check for a search parameter
    if (!isset($var)){
    $resultmsg = “

    Search Error

    We don’t seem to have a search parameter!

    ” ;
    }
    // Build SQL Query for each keyword entered
    foreach ($trimmed_array as $trimm){

    // EDIT HERE and specify your table and field names for the SQL query
    $query = “SELECT * FROM data WHERE id LIKE “%$trimm%” OR thumb LIKE “%$trimm%” OR titel LIKE “%$trimm%” OR code LIKE “%$trimm%”ORDER BY id DESC” ;
    // Execute the query to get number of rows that contain search kewords
    $numresults=mysql_query ($query);
    $row_num_links_main =mysql_num_rows ($numresults);
    // next determine if ‘s’ has been passed to script, if not use 0.
    // ‘s’ is a variable that gets set as we navigate the search result pages.
    if (empty($s)) {
    $s=0;
    }
    // now let’s get results.
    $query .= ” LIMIT $s,$limit” ;
    $numresults = mysql_query ($query) or die ( “Couldn’t execute query” );
    $row= mysql_fetch_array ($numresults);

    //store record id of every item that contains the keyword in the array we need to do this to avoid display of duplicate search result.
    do{
    //EDIT HERE and specify your field name that is primary key
    $adid_array[] = $row[ ‘id’ ];
    }while( $row= mysql_fetch_array($numresults));
    } //end foreach

    if($row_num_links_main == 0 && $row_set_num == 0){
    $resultmsg = “” . $trimmed .”

    Sorry, your search returned zero results

    ” ;
    }
    //delete duplicate record id’s from the array. To do this we will use array_unique function
    $tmparr = array_unique($adid_array);
    $i % 5 == 0;
    foreach ($tmparr as $v) {
    $newarr[$i] = $v;
    $i++;
    }
    // now you can display the results returned. But first we will display the search form on the top of the page
    ?>

    Search results for : $var

    ” ;
    }

    foreach($newarr as $value){

    // EDIT HERE and specify your table and field names for the SQL query
    $query_value = “SELECT * FROM data WHERE id = ‘$value'”;
    $num_value=mysql_query ($query_value);
    $row_linkcat= mysql_fetch_array ($num_value);
    $row_num_links= mysql_num_rows ($num_value);

    //now let’s make the keywords bold. To do that we will use preg_replace function.
    //EDIT parts of the lines below that have fields names like $row_linkcat[ ‘field1’ ]
    //This script assumes you are searching only 3 fields. If you are searching more fileds make sure that add appropriate line.
    $titlehigh = preg_replace ( “‘($var)’si” , “\1” , $row_linkcat[ ‘id’ ] );
    $linkhigh = preg_replace ( “‘($var)’si” , “\1” , $row_linkcat[ ‘titel’ ] );
    $linkthumb = preg_replace ( “‘($var)’si” , “\1” , $row_linkcat[ ‘thumb’ ] );
    $datum = preg_replace ( “‘($var)’si” , “\1” , $row_linkcat[ ‘datum’ ] );
    $code = preg_replace ( “‘($var)’si” , “\1” , $row_linkcat[ ‘code’ ] );

    foreach($trimmed_array as $trimm){
    if($trimm != ‘b’ ){
    //IF you added more fields to search make sure to add them below as well.
    $titlehigh = preg_replace( “‘($trimm)’si” , “\1” , $titlehigh);
    $linkhigh = preg_replace( “‘($trimm)’si” , “\1” , $linkhigh);
    $linkdesc = preg_replace( “‘($trimm)’si” , “\1” , $datum);
    $linkthumb = preg_replace( “‘($trimm)’si” , “\1” , $thumb);
    $linkcode = preg_replace( “‘($trimm)’si” , “\1” , $code);
    }
    //end highlight
    ?>



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    bmdsherman
    Member

    If I where you I would use css to put the videos in rows.

    #65563
    ste2me
    Member

    use css? any ideas

    #65578
    TheDoc
    Member

    Each of the items on the example page you gave have their own div that is floated to the left.

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