2 columns

Hi
I want to show the table data in 2 columns lik this:
category1 category2
category3 category4
category5 category6
...

but I don't know how to code within the while loop
can you help? any idea?
thanks

 

its like your doing odd and even numbers

for(condition){
$divstyle = index = odd ? 'odd' : 'even';
}

 

thanks for your reply. but I didn't understand
also you know that category1 , 2 etc represents the categories names

 

for($i=0,$n=count(categories)-1;$i<=$n;$i++)
{
$div = $i%2 ? "div style to left or table column to left" : "div style to right or table column to right";
echo $div;
echo $variable;
echo "</div>";
}

 

Another way ... just update $colums with how many colums you want:

  $colums = 2;
  $count = 0;
  echo '<table><tr>';
  while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
   echo '<td>' . $row['category'] . '</td>' ;
   $count += 1;
   if ($count == $colums){
     echo '</tr><tr>';
     $count = 0; 
   }
  }
  while ($count < $colums) {
    echo '<td>&nbsp;</td>';
    $count += 1;
  }
  echo '</tr></table>';

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