[SOLVED] alternating table colors

[dadamssg]

I'm trying to use the keyname for the array i'm walking through...so i use

 

while ($list = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {

echo crap

}

 

to list out forum topics.

 

And i'm pretty sure the keyname gets started at 0. So how do i grab that number for $list, check to see if it's even....if so echo a background color for a table row. ideas?

[wildteen88]

You'd want setup a counter, eg

$i = 0;
while ($list = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {

    // work out bg color
    $bg_color = ($i%2 == 0) ? 'color 1' : 'color 2';

    // display row
    echo '<tr style="background-color: '.$bg_color.'">';

     // display columns here

    echo '</tr>';

    // increment counter
    $i++;
}

[dadamssg]

awesome thanks! worked, i changed it to this for the color

 

echo "<tr bgcolor='{$bg_color}'>