Help! pulling my hair out ...

[Aesma Deva]

I'm the same guy who posted as Superfly before. Anyway...

$col_value = "$column";

//number of columns of the table generated
$column = 3;

The first line assigns the value "$column" to $col_value, not what's inside of $column. Also, you don't need a $col_value variable, since it's value doesn't change from 3, unless if you plan changing it later. Soooo, this should work as you want it:

<?php
$username="xxxxx";
$password="xxxxx";
$database="xxxxx";
$table="testing";
$number="8"; 

$i = 1;
$e = 2;

//number of columns of the table generated
$column = 3;

mysql_connect(localhost,$username,$password);
@mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database"); 

$getbikes = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $table ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT $number"); //Retrieves all of the Data from table
echo "<table><tr>";
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($getbikes))
{
echo "<td><a href='http://baldjf.com' class=''>$row[bikename]</a>";

echo "<a href='http://www.static-design.com'>";

echo "<img border='0' height='65'width='75' src='$filepath'>";
        
echo "<span>";
       
echo "<br>something here<br>";

echo "</a><br></font><br>";
   
echo "</span>"; 
echo "</td>";

if ($i == $column) {

echo "</tr><tr>"; 

$column = 3*$e;

$e++;

}  
    
$i++;

}

echo "</table>";    

?>

I also removed some more stuff that I don't think you'll need.