[organ_zola]

Thank you sde for your super-quick reply!!

This is *nearly* there again!! :s

The structure of the table I'm trying to build is:

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<table border="1" width="200">
	<tr>
		<td>1</td>
		<td>2</td>
		<td>3</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
    	<td colspan="3" align="center">
                         <table border="1" width="100%">
                        	<tr>
                        		<td align="center">4</td>
					<td align="center">5</td>
                        	</tr>
                        </table></td>
    </tr>
</table>

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Now that the last row is captured, I've been trying to run another loop that will place a nested table that holds the last X records, and that nested table is centered within the main table... (if you follow my meaning!!)

The closest I can get is :
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PHP Code:

// use the ternary operator to inject align tag if on the last row 
if ($row_number==$total_rows)
    {    
        // last cell is colspanned by 3 and centered
        echo "<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\">";
        
        //start loop to print last remaining columns in their own table
        for ($z=1; $z <= ($count-$i); $z++)
        {
        echo "<table align=\"center\">
                         <tr>
                           <td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">
                              <table>
                                <tr>
                                    <td width=\"125\">$each</td>
                                </tr>
                                 </table></td>
                          </tr>
                       </table>";
                }
        echo "</td>";
    }
    else
    {
        echo "<td width=\"125\">$each</td>\n";
    } 


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I feel like I'm almost there, but need help to finally nail it!!

I'm feeling much more relaxed than I was earlier, so a good nights sleep is getting closer!!!