Is there a way for me to stop typing the same html table code for my contents by using PHP? For example

<table border... blah blah cellspacing=1 blah blah>
<tr>
<td valign blah blah>
content content content
</td>
</tr>
</table>

<table border... blah blah cellspacing=1 blah blah>
<tr>
<td valign blah blah>
content content content
</td>
</tr>
</table>

I don't want to keep typing out the bold part of my page for every single content that is in the table, which is required to be. I have about 10 - 15 of these tables on one page, each with its own background image in the cell, is there a way to make it so i dont have to type it out every single time i want to add a new table with its own background?

PS - I'm still very very new to php coding so cut me some slack, thanks.

1. Drop tables. Use divs and css.
2. see http://php.net/foreach
3. Use a local php/apache server to try simple code bits so you see what works and what doesn't and therefore learn the language you're trying to program in

One really simple way to do it is like so

PHP Code:

<?php
$content = array(
"Content of first table",
"Content of second table",
"Content of third table",
"etc."
);

foreach ( $content as $table_content ){
?>
<table border... blah blah cellspacing=1 blah blah>
<tr>
<td valign blah blah>
<?php
echo $table_content;
?>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<?php
}
?>

Doing it with Divs would definitely be better, though the process here is about the same.