[Antivirus]

thanks jumpd, i actually acheived what i want through the use of inserting an if...else statement to change the controls for the <if> statements within the template.

Problem I am having now however is that the first instance of the $artisttype var (which occurrs in the first group of artisttypes) is not outputting the correct value for those artisttypes. Here's my php now...

PHP Code:

            $choicecounter = 1;
            $currentartisttypeid = 0;
            while ($artist = mysql_fetch_array($qryartists)) 
            {
                $artistimage = $artist['image'];
                $artistimageid = $artist['artistimageid'];
                $artisttitle = $artist['artisttitle'];
                $artisttype = $artist['artisttype'];

                if ($currentartisttypeid == 0)
                {
                    $isnewtype = 0;
                }
                else
                {
                    if ($currentartisttypeid != $artist['artisttypeid'])
                    {
                        $isnewtype = 1;
                        $choicecounter = 1;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        $isnewtype = 0;
                    }
                }
                $currentartisttypeid = $artist['artisttypeid'];

                eval('$artists .= "' . fetch_template("erc_artistroster_rpt") . '";');

                $choicecounter++;
                if (($choicecounter % $artists_setup['columns_to_show']) == 0) 
                {
                    $newrow = 1;
                }
                else 
                {
                    $newrow = 0;
                }
                
            } 


and here's the html for the "erc_artistroster_rpt" template...

<if condition="$isnewtype">
				</tr>
			</table>
		</td>
	</tr>
</table>
<br>
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
	<tr>
		<td class="tcat">$artisttype $vbphrase[artists]</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td class="alt1" align="left" width="100%"><a name="$artisttype"></a>
			<table>
				<tr valign="top">
</if>

	<td class="ercshowartists" align="center">
		<a href="artist.php?do=artist&artistid=$artist[artistid]">
		<img src="forum/modules/erc_thumbnailimage.php?artistimageid=$artist[artistimageid]&width=220" alt="$artist[artisttitle]" border="0">
		</a><br><br>
		$artist[artisttitle] $choicecounter
	</td>
	<if condition="$newrow == 1">
		</tr><tr valign="top">
			<td><img height="4" src="$vboptions[bburl]/clear.gif"></td>
		</tr><tr valign="top">
	<else />
		<td><img width="4" src="$vboptions[bburl]/clear.gif"></td>
	</if>

and the main template for the page is:

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
	<tr>
		<td class="tcat">$artisttype $vbphrase[artists]</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td class="alt1" align="left" width="100%"><a name="$artisttype"></a>
			<table>
				<tr valign="top">
				$artists
				</tr>
			</table>
		</td>
	</tr>
</table>

any ideas? i'm stumped... i appreciate any help