Cleaner way of using modulus for columns

Question

I currently have a list (

) of people that I have divided up into two columns. But after finishing the code for it I keept wondering if there is a more effective or cle

Answer 1

This should do what you want. I pretty much just combined the other two answers so +1 for everyone.

$cols=3;
$user_count = count($users);

echo "";

// Column loop
for($i=0;$i<$cols;$i++){
    echo "";
}
echo "
";

    // user loop
    for($j=$i;$j<$user_count;$j+=$cols){
        echo "
{$users[$j]->profile_lastname}
";
    }
    echo "
";