PHP for loop Exercises : Create a table with text in columns using for loops

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PHP for loop: Exercise-8 with Solution

Write a PHP script that creates the following table using for loops. Add cellpadding="3px" and cellspacing="0px" to the table tag.

Sample Solution:

PHP Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
<?php
// Outer loop for creating rows in the table
for($i=1; $i<=6; $i++)
{
    echo "<tr>"; // Start a new table row
    
    // Inner loop for creating cells in each row
    for ($j=1; $j<=5; $j++)
    {
        // Print the multiplication table in each cell
        echo "<td>$i * $j = " . $i * $j . "</td>";
    }
    
    echo "</tr>"; // End the table row
}
?>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Output:

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

The code is an HTML document with PHP embedded within it.
It starts with the declaration of HTML structure, including a <body> tag and a <table> tag to create a table.
Inside the PHP block, there's an outer "for" loop that runs from 1 to 6 ($i=1; $i<=6; $i++). This loop generates rows (<tr>) in the table.
Inside the outer loop, there's an inner "for" loop that runs from 1 to 5 ($j=1; $j<=5; $j++). This loop generates cells (<td>) within each row of the table.
Within the inner loop, it echoes out the multiplication table data using "echo". Each cell contains the result of multiplying the current row number ('$i') with the current column number ('$j'), formatted as $i * $j = result.
After the inner loop completes for each row, the code echoes out </tr> to close the row.
After both loops complete, the PHP block ends, and the table HTML tag (</table>) closes.
Finally, the HTML document is closed with </body> and </html> tags.

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1 * 1 = 1	1 * 2 = 2	1 * 3 = 3	1 * 4 = 4	1 * 5 = 5
2 * 1 = 2	2 * 2 = 4	2 * 3 = 6	2 * 4 = 8	2 * 5 = 10
3 * 1 = 3	3 * 2 = 6	3 * 3 = 9	3 * 4 = 12	3 * 5 = 15
4 * 1 = 4	4 * 2 = 8	4 * 3 = 12	4 * 4 = 16	4 * 5 = 20
5 * 1 = 5	5 * 2 = 10	5 * 3 = 15	5 * 4 = 20	5 * 5 = 25
6 * 1 = 6	6 * 2 = 12	6 * 3 = 18	6 * 4 = 24	6 * 5 = 30