php: how to change string data become numeric data

Question

can you tell how to change this result in php and mysql script:

  Model                  Class
Ball                        S
Book                        A
Spoon
         


        

Answer 1

Very crude example, you'd probably go with HTML tables in reality.

 'blue', 'class_defect' => 'S'), ...); ?>

name      s  a  b  c