Displaying the Database - PHP

Concluding our discussion of databases and PHP, we'll finish building the example that we started last week. This article is excerpted from chapter eight of the book Programming PHP, Second Edition, written by Kevin Tatroe, Rasmus Lerdorf, and Peter MacIntyre (O'Reilly, 2006; ISBN: 0596006810). Copyright © 2006 O'Reilly Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission from the publisher. Available from booksellers or direct from O'Reilly Media.

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<table border=0>
<tr><td valign="top">
    <table border=5>
    <tr><td class="picklist"><strong><?= $pick_message ?></strong></td></tr>
    <p>
    <?php
     // build the scrolling pick list for the categories
     $sql = "SELECT * FROM categories";
     $result = $db->query($sql);
     if (DB::isError($result)) die($result->getMessage());
     while ($row = $result->fetchRow()){
         if (DB::isError($row)) die($row->getMessage());
         echo '<tr><td class="formlabel">';
         echo "<a href="$PHP_SELF?cat_id=$row[0]">";
         echo "$row[1]</a></td></tr>\n";
     }
    ?>
    </table>
</td>
<td valign="top">
     <table border=1>
     <?php

     if ($cat_id) {
       $sql = "SELECT * FROM businesses b, biz_categories bc where";
       $sql .= " category_id = '$cat_id'";
       $sql .= " and b.business_id = bc.business_id";
       $result = $db->query($sql);
       if (DB::isError($result)) die($result->getMessage());
       while ($row = $result->fetchRow()){
         if (DB::isError($row)) die($row->getMessage());
         if ($color == 1) {
           $bg_shade = 'dark';
           $color = 0;
         } else {
           $bg_shade = 'light';
           $color = 1;
         }
         echo "<tr>\n";
         for($i = 0; $i < count($row); $i++) {
           echo "<td class="$bg_shade">$row[$i]</td>\n";
         }
         echo "</tr>\n";
      }
    }
   ?>
   </table>
</td></tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>