Hello, This is a reply to an e-mail that you wrote on Tue, 22 Jul 2003 at 17:40, lines prefixed by '>' were originally written by you. > I need it to echo > out a > table with all the A's first, then a blank line, then all the B's, a > blank > line and so on. I could write 26 different queries, one for each > letter of > the alphabet, but surely there is a tidier way.
How about: for($i="a";$i<="z";$i++){ echo "<H1>Items beginning with the letter $i</H1>"; $arrayposition = 0; while(strtolower(substr($data[$arrayposition],0,1))==$i){ echo $data[$arrayposition] . "<BR />"; $arrayposition++; } } -- phpmachine :: The quick and easy to use service providing you with professionally developed PHP scripts :: http://www.phpmachine.com/ Professional Web Development by David Nicholson http://www.djnicholson.com/ QuizSender.com - How well do your friends actually know you? http://www.quizsender.com/ (developed entirely in PHP) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php