At 11/16/2006 12:19 PM, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
Say I have an array containing ten items, and I want to display
them in a table as follows:
5 4 3 2 1
10 9 8 7 6
What's the best way to loop through that array to do that? My
thinking gets me to create a loop for 5 through 1, repeated twice,
and the second time I add '5' to the index value. There's got to
be a saner way...
In order to figure out the best PHP logic to generate the series, I'd
first make sure the markup is solid. I realize that you've already
indicated a table markup in two rows, but I'd like to examine
that. Can you tell us why the numbers are in this particular sequence?
Do the numbers represent items that are conceptually in ascending
order but are presented in reverse order on the screen? If so, I'd
wonder whether someone reading the page with assistive technology
might be confused by the reverse order, and I'd try to find a way to
mark them up ascending and then change the sequence stylistically.
Are they split into two rows because they represent two discrete
groups in the data set or because of display considerations? If the
latter, I'd argue that they don't really belong in two table rows;
that using tables to force presentation is misapplying the tool.
Have you considered an unordered list, floated right, wrapped in a
container whose width naturally forces a wrap after the fifth
item? I like that solution because it allows you to mark up the
numbers in sequence and in future change the number of items in the
sequence and/or change the way the series is presented visually
without having to mess with the logic generating the markup.
Regards,
Paul
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