Need help with link page.

Hey there, I need some help with my php script. It's designed to put in entries/links under a headline which is the day they were added into the database. So it looks like this for example:

2008-09-25
entry4
2008-09-24
entry3
entry2
entry1

and so on, however my problem is that I can't figure out a way to put a </div> where the entries stop for the day. I wan't it to be so that I can manipulate all the entries for one day seperately and so on. Here's my code.

 $olddate= "";
?>
<div class="holder2">
<?php
		while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {	
			list($id, $rubrik, $embedurl, $lankurl, $klick, $date, $tid, $kat, $tipsare) = $row;

			$qcount = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM kommentarer where nid='".$row['id']."'");
			$scount = mysql_num_rows($qcount);

		if($olddate != $date) {
		$olddate = $date;
?>
<div class="dateholder"><p><?php echo $date; ?></p></div>
	<?php
							          } // end if

	?>
	<div class="linkholder">
		<ul>

<?php
		if($embedurl != '') {
?>
		<li><a href="lank.php?id=<?php echo $id; ?>" target="_blank"><?php echo $rubrik;?></a></li>
<?php
					}  else {
?>
		<li><a href="redir.php?id=<?php echo $id; ?>" target="_blank"><?php echo $rubrik;?></a></li>
<?php
}
?>	
	  <li><small><?php echo $tid;?></small></li>
		<li><a href="#" onClick="window.open('kommentar.php?id=<?php echo $id; ?>','mywindow','width=350,height=400')"><?php echo $scount;?> Inlägg</a></li>
		<li>Klick: <?php echo $klick;?></li>
		<li>Kategori: <?php echo $kat;?></li>
		<li>Tipsare: <?php echo $tipsare;?></li>
		<li>Rating: <?php echo rating_bar($id,'5'); ?></li>
	
	  </ul>
		</div>

<?php 
	if($olddate != $date) {
?>

<h1>TEST</h1>
<?php
	}
	} // end while 
  }
?>
</div>

PHP:

 

erm

if($olddate != $date) {
$olddate = $date; ...

so it goes in and sets to same

then at bottom you go:

if($olddate != $date) {
?>

<h1>TEST</h1>
<?php
}

even if they did differ, they don't anymore. you kind of need to move this print above the first if .

 

Yeah, I know, that is the version of the code that doesn't work. Forgot to mention that, sorry

 

well, you can do it before

something like

<? 

$first = true;
while ( ) {
...
if ($olddate != $date) {
    if ($first) 
        // on the first loop iteration, don't close a layer (not open yet)
        $first = !$first;
    else 
        echo '</div>'; 

    echo '<div class="dateholder"><p>...';
} // end while

echo "</div>"; // close last div.

?>

PHP:

 

Thanks! I'll see if it works later. Looks promising though. Why is the first </div> right after else in there though? Is that the one that closes the last entry for the previous day?

 

correct. but on the very first loop iteration, there has not been a previous entry. this will prevent you form closing the parent div inadvertently

 

Ok, so I shouldn't put anything in the first iteration but the $first = !$first; line, right?