Is it necessary to know the exact number of results beforehand when displaying query results in an HTML table using PHP?

When displaying query results in an HTML table using PHP, it is not necessary to know the exact number of results beforehand. You can dynamically fetch the results from the database and display them in the table without knowing the total count in advance. This flexibility allows your table to adjust automatically based on the number of results returned by the query.

<?php
// Perform database query to fetch results
$query = "SELECT * FROM your_table";
$result = mysqli_query($connection, $query);

// Display results in HTML table
echo "<table>";
while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
    echo "<tr>";
    foreach($row as $value) {
        echo "<td>" . $value . "</td>";
    }
    echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";

// Free result set
mysqli_free_result($result);

// Close database connection
mysqli_close($connection);
?>