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DannyW86
DannyW86

Reputation: 201

How to display data in MySQL database in a html table using php

Basically as it says in the question i am trying to take data from my database and have each row in the database display in a new row in a HTML table. I thought i was on the right track but when viewing my code in PhpStorm it throws up an error saying required parameter $query missing. I'm not sure where this parameter is meant to be but the error is showing up on the query line: $result = mysqli_query(....

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="sortable">

                        <thead>
                            <tr>
                                <th>Project title</th>
                                <th>Start Date</th>
                                <th>Acc Manager</th>
                                <th>Designer</th>
                                <th>Stage</th>
                                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                            </tr>
                        </thead>

                        <tbody>
<?php
      function list_projects() {

          global $connection;

      $output = "";
      $result = mysqli_query("SELECT * FROM projects ORDER BY project_title ASC");
      while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)){
      $output .= '
      <tr>
      <td>' . $row['project_title'] . '</td>
      <td>' . $row['start_date'] . '</td>                                                   
      <td>' . $row['acc_manager'] . '</td>
      <td>' . $row['designer'] . '</td>
      <td>' . $row['stage'] . '</td>                                    
      </tr>';
      }

      return $output;

     }
?>
</tbody>
</table>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 17503

Answers (3)

Olavxxx
Olavxxx

Reputation: 196

Do you run the function?

echo list_projects();

(I know, silly question, but I dont see that you are doing it?)

Upvotes: 0

Andrew Brown
Andrew Brown

Reputation: 5424

You need to pass the $connection into you mysqli_query() function.

https://www.php.net/mysqli_query

$result = mysqli_query($connection, $query);

Upvotes: 1

hanleyhansen
hanleyhansen

Reputation: 6452

As stated in the docs. mysqli_query takes 2 parameters when used in a procedural style. I'm assuming $connection is your mysqli link Try:

$result = mysqli_query($connection, "SELECT * FROM projects ORDER BY project_title ASC");

Upvotes: 1

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