Need Help w/ sorting columns in table

[Za_Claw]

Hello I could use some help, I would like to be able for a viewer to click on (Description Location Deadline) and have it sort, I can't get it to work, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You

http://www.darlington.k12.sc.us/dcsdweb/personnel/Employment/oview.php

<?php
$query = "SELECT id, location, description, syear FROM teacher ORDER BY description;";
$result = mysql_query($query,$link);
print "<table border=\"1\">";
print "\t<b><tr><td>Description</td><td>Location</td><td>School Year</td></tr><tr></b>\n";
while ($line = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC))
{
print "\t\t<td><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"tpopup.php?id=$line[id]\" target=\"_blank\">$line[description]</a></td>\n";
print "\t\t<td><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"http://www.darlington.k12.sc.us/dcsdweb/general/Location/location.html\" target=\"_blank\">$line[location]</a></td>\n";
print "\t\t<td><font size=\"-1\">$line[syear]</a></td>\n";
print "\t</tr>\n";
}
print "</table>\n";
?>

[Spookster]

My g/f works for Horry County school district. She might get mad at me if I help someone from another competing district.

If I were you though I would probably do it something along these lines:

<?php

$orderby = $_GET['orderby'];
$query = "SELECT id, location, description, syear FROM teacher ORDER BY ". $orderby;
$result = mysql_query($query,$link);

?>

<table border="1">
<tr><td><a href="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ; ?>?orderby=description">Description</a></td><td><a href="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ; ?>?orderby=location">Location</td><td><a href="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ; ?>?orderby=syear">School Year</td></tr>

<?php
while($line = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
    //code to print out the contents of the table
}
?>

<table>

Avoid printing out everything using PHP. It just gets messy. Only print what you need PHP to print. Doing it this way makes the headers of the table hyperlinked to the same page and allows it to modify the query and sort the data during the query by the column specified in the table header.

[Celtboy]

but spook, i work for amherst county school district in va...doesn't that count???

[Spookster]

Originally posted by Celtboy
but spook, i work for amherst county school district in va...doesn't that count???

Not until I move there, which should be in the next few weeks.