I know it\'s such a basic thing, but a Google search hasn\'t shown me how to re-sort the rows after clicking the th
links.
I\'ve got this:
This is the most simple solution that use:
// Use this as first line upon load of page
$sort = $_GET['s'];
// Then simply sort according to that variable
$sql="SELECT * FROM tracks ORDER BY $sort";
echo '<tr>';
echo '<td><a href="report_tracks.php?s=title">Title</a><td>';
echo '<td><a href="report_tracks.php?s=album">Album</a><td>';
echo '<td><a href="report_tracks.php?s=artist">Artist</a><td>';
echo '<td><a href="report_tracks.php?s=count">Count</a><td>';
echo '</tr>';
It depends on nature of your data. The answer varies based on its size and data type. I saw a lot of SQL solutions based on ORDER BY
. I would like to suggest javascript alternatives.
In all answers, I don't see anyone mentioning pagination problem for your future table. Let's make it easier for you. If your table doesn't have pagination, it's more likely that a javascript solution makes everything neat and clean for you on the client side. If you think this table will explode after you put data in it, you have to think about pagination as well. (you have to go to first page every time when you change the sorting column)
Another aspect is the data type. If you use SQL you have to be careful about the type of your data and what kind of sorting suites for it. For example, if in one of your VARCHAR columns you store integer numbers, the sorting will not take their integer value into account: instead of 1, 2, 11, 22
you will get 1, 11, 2, 22
.
You can find jquery plugins or standalone javascript sortable tables on google. It worth mentioning that the <table>
in HTML5 has sortable
attribute, but apparently it's not implemented yet.
A SIMPLE TABLE SORT PHP CODE:
(the simple table for several values processing and sorting, using this sortable.js script )
<html><head>
<script src="sorttable.js"></script>
<style>
tbody tr td {color:green;border-right:1px solid;width:200px;}
</style>
</head><body>
<?php
$First = array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd');
$Second = array('1', '2', '3', '4');
if (!empty($_POST['myFirstvalues']))
{ $First = explode("\r\n",$_POST['myFirstvalues']); $Second = explode("\r\n",$_POST['mySecondvalues']);}
?>
</br>Hi User. PUT your values</br></br>
<form action="" method="POST">
projectX</br>
<textarea cols="20" rows="20" name="myFirstvalues" style="width:200px;background:url(untitled.PNG);position:relative;top:19px;Float:left;">
<?php foreach($First as $vv) {echo $vv."\r\n";}?>
</textarea>
The due amount</br>
<textarea cols="20" rows="20" name="mySecondvalues" style="width:200px;background:url(untitled.PNG);Float:left;">
<?php foreach($Second as $vv) {echo $vv."\r\n";}?>
</textarea>
<input type="submit">
</form>
<table class="sortable" style="padding:100px 0 0 300px;">
<thead style="background-color:#999999; color:red; font-weight: bold; cursor: default; position:relative;">
<tr><th>ProjectX</th><th>Due amount</th></tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<?php
foreach($First as $indx => $value) {
echo '<tr><td>'.$First[$indx].'</td><td>'.$Second[$indx].'</td></tr>';
}
?>
</tbody>
<tfoot><tr><td>TOTAL = <b>111111111</b></td><td>Still to spend = <b>5555555</b></td></tr></tfoot></br></br>
</table>
</body>
</html>
source: php sortable table
//this is a php file
<html>
<head>
<style>
a:link {color:green;}
a:visited {color:purple;}
A:active {color: red;}
A:hover {color: red;}
table
{
width:50%;
height:50%;
}
table,th,td
{
border:1px solid black;
}
th,td
{
text-align:center;
background-color:yellow;
}
th
{
background-color:green;
color:white;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
function working(str)
{
if (str=="")
{
document.getElementById("tump").innerHTML="";
return;
}
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else
{// code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
{
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
{
document.getElementById("tump").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET","getsort.php?q="+str,true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
</script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="pink">
<form method="post">
<select name="sortitems" onchange="working(this.value)">
<option value="">Select</option>
<option value="Id">Id</option>
<option value="Name">Name</option>
<option value="Email">Email</option>
<option value="Password">Password</option>
</select>
<?php
$connect=mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
$db=mysql_select_db("test1",$connect);
$sql=mysql_query("select * from mine");
echo "<center><br><br><br><br><table id='tump' border='1'>
<tr>
<th>Id</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Email</th>
<th>Password</th>
</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($sql))
{?>
<td><?php echo "$row[Id]";?></td>
<td><?php echo "$row[Name]";?></td>
<td><?php echo "$row[Email]";?></td>
<td><?php echo "$row[Password]";?></td>
<?php echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table></center>";?>
</form>
<br>
<div id="tump"></div>
</body>
</html>
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that is another php file
<html>
<body bgcolor="pink">
<head>
<style>
a:link {color:green;}
a:visited {color:purple;}
A:active {color: red;}
A:hover {color: red;}
table
{
width:50%;
height:50%;
}
table,th,td
{
border:1px solid black;
}
th,td
{
text-align:center;
background-color:yellow;
}
th
{
background-color:green;
color:white;
}
</style>
</head>
<?php
$q=$_GET['q'];
$connect=mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
$db=mysql_select_db("test1",$connect);
$sql=mysql_query("select * from mine order by $q");
echo "<table id='tump' border='1'>
<tr>
<th>Id</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Email</th>
<th>Password</th>
</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($sql))
{?>
<td><?php echo "$row[Id]";?></td>
<td><?php echo "$row[Name]";?></td>
<td><?php echo "$row[Email]";?></td>
<td><?php echo "$row[Password]";?></td>
<?php echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";?>
</body>
</html>
that will sort the table using ajax
The easiest way to do this would be to put a link on your column headers, pointing to the same page. In the query string, put a variable so that you know what they clicked on, and then use ORDER BY in your SQL query to perform the ordering.
The HTML would look like this:
<th><a href="mypage.php?sort=type">Type:</a></th>
<th><a href="mypage.php?sort=desc">Description:</a></th>
<th><a href="mypage.php?sort=recorded">Recorded Date:</a></th>
<th><a href="mypage.php?sort=added">Added Date:</a></th>
And in the php code, do something like this:
<?php
$sql = "SELECT * FROM MyTable";
if ($_GET['sort'] == 'type')
{
$sql .= " ORDER BY type";
}
elseif ($_GET['sort'] == 'desc')
{
$sql .= " ORDER BY Description";
}
elseif ($_GET['sort'] == 'recorded')
{
$sql .= " ORDER BY DateRecorded";
}
elseif($_GET['sort'] == 'added')
{
$sql .= " ORDER BY DateAdded";
}
$>
Notice that you shouldn't take the $_GET value directly and append it to your query. As some user could got to MyPage.php?sort=; DELETE FROM MyTable;
That's actually pretty easy, here's a possible approach:
<table>
<tr>
<th>
<a href="?orderBy=type">Type:</a>
</th>
<th>
<a href="?orderBy=description">Description:</a>
</th>
<th>
<a href="?orderBy=recorded_date">Recorded Date:</a>
</th>
<th>
<a href="?orderBy=added_date">Added Date:</a>
</th>
</tr>
</table>
<?php
$orderBy = array('type', 'description', 'recorded_date', 'added_date');
$order = 'type';
if (isset($_GET['orderBy']) && in_array($_GET['orderBy'], $orderBy)) {
$order = $_GET['orderBy'];
}
$query = 'SELECT * FROM aTable ORDER BY '.$order;
// retrieve and show the data :)
?>
That'll do the trick! :)