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    copied!<p>I am trying to built a very simple diagram or flow chart representation of buildings .</p> <pre><code>$floors = array( array( 'app_1','app_2','app_2_A' ), array( 'app_3','app_4','app_5'), array( 'app_6','app_7', 'app_8','app_9') , array( 'app_10','app_11', 'app_12','app_13') , array( 'app_14','app_15', 'app_16') , ); echo "&lt;table border='2'&gt;"; foreach ($floors as $floor ) { $total_app = count( $floor); echo "&lt;tr&gt;"; for($i = 0;$i &lt; $total_app; $i++){ echo "&lt;td colspan=" .$total_app. "&gt;"; echo $floor[$i] . ' ( ' . $total_app . ' ) '; //brackets only for debug echo "&lt;/td&gt;"; } echo "&lt;/tr&gt;"; } echo "&lt;/table&gt;"; </code></pre> <p>The result is :</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/rSd6O.png" alt="Resultingtable"></p> <p>Problem is : The client wants all the rows to be of equal width , and not all the floors has the same number of apartments.</p> <p>So I thought I will use 'colspan'. ( in code <code>echo "&lt;td colspan=" .$total_app. "&gt;";</code> )</p> <p>Problem (2) : The script needs to work on 100´s of different buildings, so anything less than a full dynamic calculation for the 'colspan' will not work.</p> <p><code>Colspan</code> , as I understand it , is actually relative to the max number of cells i have ( the row with largest number of elements ).</p> <p>If that is true , then I need to know which array element ( floor ) has the highest count ( apartments ) - and then set this as the header - but I am not sure how to do it.</p> <p>so </p> <ol> <li><p>how can I count the elements inside the nested array and compare them to see the "most populated floor" </p></li> <li><p>having done that - how can I calculate the <code>colspan</code> for each floor´s row of apartments in relation to that max. ( <code>colspan</code> can have only int() and not fractions or percentage )</p></li> <li><p>A building is thought of as going from bottom to top, where as a table from top to bottom, so I need to flip the array , but keep the calculations of 'colspan'</p></li> <li><p>last but not least - I might be looking at this all wrong and there might be an easier way to achieve the wanted result ( maybe divs? ) - but I can not see one now - so if one exist - please do 'slap' me and show me the way ..</p></li> </ol> <p><strong>EDIT I</strong></p> <p>Like Said before : the solution must be flexible for all configurations : Example :</p> <pre><code>$floors = array( array( 'app_1','app_2','app_2_A','app_2_B','app_2_C', 'app_2_D'), array( 'app_3','app_4','app_5'), array( 'app_6','app_7') , array( 'app_10','app_11', 'app_12','app_13') , array( 'app_14') , ); </code></pre> <p>So any attempt to "hardcode" calculations of colspan will fail.. I need the Rows (floors) to be equal in width, and for the cells ( apartments ) to fill each row to full in such a way that if for example I have 2 apartments ,each will be 50% in width, if I have 4 apartments ,each will be 25% , 3 apartments - 33% and so on .</p> <p>The question is how to achieve that with <code>colspan</code> if possible, or with any other method ..</p>
 

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