I am printing a set of words that is placed in a MySQL database and I am retrieving it with PHP. I want to present it as a comma separated list, but I need it not to print or remove the last comma. How could I do this?
I did try to use rtrim
, but I did not probably do it right. This is my code as it is today:
<?php
$query0 = "SELECT LCASE(ord) FROM `keywords` ORDER BY RAND()";
$result0 = mysql_query($query0);
while($row0 = mysql_fetch_array($result0, MYSQL_ASSOC))
{
$keyword = $row0['LCASE(ord)'];
echo "$keyword, ";
?>
I did try to use rtrim
, my attempt was something like this (I might be honest enough to say that I am in above my head in this ;) )
$keyword = $row0['LCASE(ord)'];
$keywordc = "$keyword, ";
$keyword- = rtrim($keywordc, ', ');
echo "$keyword-, ";
As you might imagine, this did not print much (but at least it did not leave me with a blank page...)
I usually do this by placing the results in an array first
$some_array = array();
while($row0 = mysql_fetch_array($result0, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
$some_array[] = $row0['LCASE(ord)'];
}
then simply:
echo "My List: " . implode(', ', $some_array);
// Output looks something like:
My List: ord1, ord2, ord3, ord4
substr($string, 0, -1);
That removes the last character.
I would do:
$keywords = array();
while($row0 = mysql_fetch_array($result0, MYSQL_ASSOC))
{
$keywords[] = $row0['LCASE(ord)'];
}
echo implode(',', $keywords);