Only display the month once

Hi, In my list below as you can see it has printed the word "Nov" & "Jan" multiple times

I use codeigniter with phpword to get the database results





I would like the word of the month to only show once on the first one if has more than one like in this image





Here is my controller code

PHP Code:

public function export() {
    $phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();

    $leftTabStyleName = 'centerTab';
    $phpWord->addParagraphStyle($leftTabStyleName, array('tabs' => array(new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Tab('center', 4680))));

    // New portrait section
    $section = $phpWord->addSection();

    // Add listitem elements
    $fontStyle = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Font();
    $fontStyle->setBold(false);
    $fontStyle->setName('Tahoma');
    $fontStyle->setSize(16);
    $section->addText("\tClub Program " . date('Y') .' / ' . date('Y', strtotime('+1 year')), $fontStyle, $leftTabStyleName);

    $section->addTextBreak();

    $event_lists = 'event_lists';

    $phpWord->addParagraphStyle(
        $event_lists,
            array(
            'tabs' => array(
                new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Tab('left', 1000),
                new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Tab('center', 1000),
                new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Tab('right', 1000),
            )
        )
    );

    $results = $this->get_events_for_export();

    foreach ($results as $result) {

        $date = strtotime($result['event_date']);

        $section->addText(date('M', $date) ."\t". date('d', $date) ."\t". date('D', $date) ."\t". htmlentities($result['event_title']), null, $event_lists);

    }

    $filename = 'club_program-' . time() . '.docx';

    header("Content-Description: File Transfer");
    header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . $filename . '"');
    header('Content-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document');
    header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
    header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
    header('Expires: 0');

    $objWriter = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory::createWriter($phpWord, 'Word2007');
    $objWriter->save("php://output");

    exit();
} 


Code:

$last_month = '*';

foreach ($results as $result) {

    $date = strtotime($result['event_date']);
    $month = date('M', $date);
    $day = date('d', $date);
    $day_of_week = date('D', $date);

    $section->addText(($month != $last_month ? $month : '')."\t". $day ."\t". $day_of_week ."\t". htmlentities($result['event_title']), null, $event_lists);

    $last_month = $month;
}

Code:

$last_month = '*';

foreach ($results as $result) {

   $date = strtotime($result['event_date']);
   $month = date('M', $date);
   $day = date('d', $date);
   $day_of_week = date('D', $date);

   $section->addText(($month != $last_month ? $month : '')."\t". $day ."\t". $day_of_week ."\t". htmlentities($result['event_title']), null, $event_lists);

   $last_month = $month;
}

Sorry did not work repeated list multiple times.

I have found solution'sn from this answer

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4778...name-shows

There's only one rule - please don't tell anyone to go and read the manual.  Sometimes the manual just SUCKS!

This very basic piece of code can not cause the effect you described. You should have used it as a replacement of your cycle.