I\'m trying to create the following front-end using a PHP loop and Twitter Bootstrap\'s 12 column grid system:
The HTML output is:
Everytime I need to to this, I just use array_chunk
to build a proper array chunk for my rows and columns.
For example You have:
$posts = [['id' => 1], ['id' => 2] ...]
Instead of looping and calculating whether to add row, make chunks of your posts:
$posts = [['id' => 1], ['id' => 2] ...]
$postChunks = array_chunk($posts, 4); // 4 is used to have 4 items in a row
foreach ($postChunks as $posts) {
<div class="row">
foreach ($posts as $post) {
<div class="col-md-3">
<?=$post['id'];?>
</div>
}
</div>
}
<?php
//total products or items you have
$total_pr = count($products);
//grid of columns you want
$grid = 3;
$tol_raw = ceil($total_pr / $grid);
$count =0;
?>
<?php for($i=0;$i<$tol_raw;$i++): ?>
<?php
$repeat = $grid;
if($total_pr<$grid)$repeat = $total_pr;
$total_pr -= $repeat;
?>
<div class="row">
<?php for($pr=0;$pr<$repeat;$pr++):?>
<?php $product = $products[$count]; ?>
<!-- column selection is based onn your grid -->
<div class="col-md-4">
//do whatever you want to do here
</div>
<?php $count++; ?>
<?php endfor; ?>
</div>
<?php endfor; ?>
Why don't you evaluate your modulo?
$two = false;
if($i%3 == 2)
{
<div class="col-md-6">
Content...
</div>
$two = true;
}
if($i%3 == 1)
{
if($two)
{
<div class="col-md-6">
Content...
</div>
}
else
{
<div class="col-md-12">
Content...
</div>
}
}
Print a row at a time determining html class for each element depending on how full the row is; for 0 col-md-4, for 1 col-md-12... You would need some helper structures. Finally print the final row if there's something in the buffer.
/**
* Prints the row in a grid
* @param array $posts
* @param string $class
*/
function printRow($posts, $class) {
echo '<div class="row">';
foreach ($posts as $post) {
echo '<div class="' . $class . '">' . $post . '</div>';
}
echo '</div>';
}
$i = 0;
$htmlClasses = ['col-md-4', 'col-md-12', 'col-md-6']; //helper for setting html classes
$buffer = []; //helper array to hold row elements
while (have_posts()) {
the_post();
$i++;
$mod = $i % 3;
//determine html class
$htmlClass = $htmlClasses[$mod];
if ($mod > 0) {
$buffer[] = $currentPost; //this is the post content
} else {
printRow($buffer, $htmlClass);
$buffer = [];
}
}
//printing final row if there are elements
if (!empty($buffer)) {
printRow($buffer, $htmlClass);
}
I think I found the solution by first finding at which item the last row starts and applying the appropriate column number to all the items in that row:
<?php
$max_columns = 3; //columns will arrange to any number (as long as it is evenly divisible by 12)
$column = 12/$max_columns; //column number
$total_items = $loop->post_count;
$remainder = $loop->post_count%$max_columns; //how many items are in the last row
$first_row_item = ($total_items - $remainder); //first item in the last row
?>
<?php $i=0; // counter ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php if ($i%$max_columns==0) { // if counter is multiple of 3 ?>
<div class="row">
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($i >= $first_row_item) { //if in last row ?>
<div class="col-md-<?php echo 12/$remainder; ?>">
<?php } else { ?>
<div class="col-md-<?php echo $column; ?>">
<?php } ?>
Content...
</div>
<?php $i++; ?>
<?php if($i%$max_columns==0) { // if counter is multiple of 3 ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php if($i%$max_columns!=0) { // put closing div if loop is not exactly a multiple of 3 ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>
The advantage is that any number (evenly divisible by 12) can be added to $max_columns
and it will apply the proper columns.
I liked your question because I'm working on a very similar situation. Since other answers are a bit longer, I decided to leave mine here for your consideration. For me, the less variables you use, the best the solution is.
<?php
function BootstrapContentArrange($i) {
$items = $i; // qnt of items
$rows = ceil($items/3); // rows to fill
$lr = $items%3; // last row items
$lrc = $lr; // counter to last row
while ($items > 0) { // while still have items
$cell = 0;
if ($rows > 1) { // if not last row...
echo '<div class="row">'.PHP_EOL;
while ($cell < 3) { // iterate with 3x4 cols
echo '<div class="col-md-4">Content</div>'.PHP_EOL;
$cell++;
}
echo "</div>".PHP_EOL;
$rows--; // end a row
} elseif ($rows == 1 && $lr > 0) { // if last row and still has items
echo '<div class="row">'.PHP_EOL;
while ($lrc > 0) { // iterate over qnt of remaining items
$lr == 2 ? // is it two?
print('<div class="col-md-6">Content</div>'.PHP_EOL) : // makes 2x6 row
print('<div class="col-md-12">Content</div>'.PHP_EOL); // makes 1x12 row
$lrc--;
}
echo "</div>".PHP_EOL;
break;
} else { // if round qnt of items (exact multiple of 3)
echo '<div class="row">'.PHP_EOL;
while ($cell < 3) { // iterate as usual
echo '<div class="col-md-4">Content</div>'.PHP_EOL;
$cell++;
}
echo "</div>".PHP_EOL;
break;
}
$items--; // decrement items until it's over or it breaks
}
}
BootstrapContentArrange(3);
BootstrapContentArrange(11);
BootstrapContentArrange(1);
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-4">Content</div>
<div class="col-md-4">Content</div>
<div class="col-md-4">Content</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-4">Content</div>
<div class="col-md-4">Content</div>
<div class="col-md-4">Content</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-4">Content</div>
<div class="col-md-4">Content</div>
<div class="col-md-4">Content</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-4">Content</div>
<div class="col-md-4">Content</div>
<div class="col-md-4">Content</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6">Content</div>
<div class="col-md-6">Content</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">Content</div>
</div>
Note: you can remove the PHP_EOL
, I used it to read the source better.