load database in tables...*resolved*

[Muk108]

how can i loop through my database and have it print it out into a table...i have this but i need it to loop through three tr's and then go to a new row.

$a=0;
            while ($a<2) {
                while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($data)) {
                    echo"<td>";
                    echo $row['alumni_name']; echo $a;
                    echo"</td>";
                    $a = $a+1;
                        while ($a>2) {
                        echo"</tr>"; 
                        $a=0; 
                        };
                };

            }; 

but the line $a=0; in the while ($a>2) {... it seems to ver load the server.

does anyone have a better way of doing this? i have done it in asp which was originaly how it was but we are moving server and i dont know how to do this...can someone help me thanks. if you want to see what i mean by what i want to do in asp http://www33.brinkster.com/clrkkid/alumni.asp and if you want to see the asp code here it is...

   if intCurr=0 then response.write("<tr>")

        'Response(oRS("alumni_id"))
	Response.Write("<td>")
	Response.Write("<b>" & oRS("alumni_name").Value & "</b><br>")
	Response.Write(oRS("alumni_year").Value & "<br>")
	Response.Write(oRS("alumni_adress").Value & "<br>")
	Response.Write(oRS("alumni_phone").Value & "<br>")
	Response.Write(oRS("alumni_email").Value & "<br>")
	Response.Write(oRS("alumni_afterschool").Value & "<br><br>")
	Response.Write("</td>")
	oRS.MoveNext
intCurr = intCurr+1
if intCurr=3 then 
response.write("</tr>")
intCurr=0
end if 

Loop
if intCurr<>0 then response.write("</tr>")

thanks.