<table width="80%" border="1" align="center" cellpadding="1">
  <tr> 
    <td width="17%">id</td>
    <td width="21%">first</td>
    <td width="21%">last</td>
    <td width="23%">address</td>
    <td width="18%">position</td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
<?
$db = mysql_connect("localhost","root");
mysql_select_db("mydb",$db);
$result = mysql_query("select * from employees",$db);
while($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
 ?>
    <td><? echo $myrow["id"]; ?></td>
    <td><? echo $myrow["first"];?></td>
    <td><? echo $myrow["last"];?></td>
    <td><? echo $myrow["address"];?></td>
    <td><? echo $myrow["position"];?></td>
<?
}
?>
  </tr>
</table>