SET Color of top rows (this is not the alternate rows question)

grrraaagh · August 31, 2007

Please note this is not the frequent 'how do i colour rows alternately' question that you see across the internet.

Upon displaying a sports league table i wish for the top two rows to have a certain background colour. The next two rows to be a different shade again.

This would help highlight, for instance, that the top two teams qualify direct to the finals of a coompetition, whilst the third and fourth placed teams go into a play-off match for the third qualifying slot.

The rest of the table would just be the default colour (white).

I've Googled for hours and exhaustively tried every function i could find, all without success.

<html><body>
TABLES TEST<BR>
<H3>Group A</H3>
<?php
$conn=mysql_connect("localhost", "server", "password") or die ("could not connect");
$rs=mysql_select_db("database", $conn)or die ("could not connect to database");
$sql=stripslashes("SELECT `stage`,`team`,`p`,`pts`,`w`,`d`,`l`,`gf`,`ga`, (gf - ga) AS 'gd' FROM `lgtables` WHERE `stage` LIKE 'GP A' ORDER BY 'pts' desc, 'gd' desc");
$rs=mysql_query($sql,$conn) or die("could not execute query because ".mysql_error());
$list="<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"2\">";
$list.="<tr><th>Team</th>";
$list.="<th>P</th>";
$list.="<th>PTS</th>";
$list.="<th>W</th>";
$list.="<th>D</th>";
$list.="<th>L</th>";
$list.="<th>GF</th>";
$list.="<th>GA</th>";
$list.="<th>GD</th></tr>";
while($row=mysql_fetch_array($rs))
{
$list.="<tr bgcolor=\"#ffcc99\">";
$list.="<td><b>".$row["team"]."</b></td>";
$list.="<td><center><b>".$row["p"]."</b></center></td>";
$list.="<td><center><b>".$row["pts"]."</b></center></td>";
$list.="<td><center>".$row["w"]."</center></td>";
$list.="<td><center>".$row["d"]."</center></td>";
$list.="<td><center>".$row["l"]."</center></td>";
$list.="<td><center>".$row["gf"]."</center></td>";
$list.="<td><center>".$row["ga"]."</center></td>";
$list.="<td><center><b>".$row["gd"]."</b></center></td>";
$list.="</tr>";
}
$list.="</table>";
echo($list); 
?>

</body></html>

I've tried various formulas around firstly stating that

$row_color1 = "#ffcc99";
$row_color2 = "#ffcc66";

Thereafter, i've tried a bewildering array of tailoring suggestions for 'alternate rows' from the internet. These have used $row_count, $mysql_num_rows, 'if' statements, 'else if' statements etc.

I finally gave up when the 'mysql_if_this_does_not_work_i'll_jump_off_a_very_high_building' function also failed to work.

pocobueno1388 · August 31, 2007

Give this method a try:

<html><body>
TABLES TEST<BR>
<H3>Group A</H3>

<?php

$conn=mysql_connect("localhost", "server", "password") or die("could not connect");
$rs=mysql_select_db("database", $conn)or die("could not connect to database");
$sql=stripslashes("SELECT `stage`,`team`,`p`,`pts`,`w`,`d`,`l`,`gf`,`ga`, (gf - ga) AS 'gd' FROM `lgtables` WHERE `stage` LIKE 'GP A' ORDER BY 'pts' desc, 'gd' desc");
$num = mysql_num_rows($sql);
$rs=mysql_query($sql,$conn) or die("could not execute query because ".mysql_error());

$list="<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"2\">";
$list.="<tr><th>Team</th>";
$list.="<th>P</th>";
$list.="<th>PTS</th>";
$list.="<th>W</th>";
$list.="<th>D</th>";
$list.="<th>L</th>";
$list.="<th>GF</th>";
$list.="<th>GA</th>";
$list.="<th>GD</th></tr>";

for ($i=1; $i<$num; $i++) {
    $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($sql);
    
    if ($i == 1 || $i == 2) $bg = '#ffcc99';
    else if ($i == 3 || $i == 4) $bg = '#ffcc66';
    else $bg = 'white';
    
    $list.="<tr bgcolor=\"$bg\">";
    $list.="<td><b>".$row["team"]."</b></td>";
    $list.="<td><center><b>".$row["p"]."</b></center></td>";
    $list.="<td><center><b>".$row["pts"]."</b></center></td>";
    $list.="<td><center>".$row["w"]."</center></td>";
    $list.="<td><center>".$row["d"]."</center></td>";
    $list.="<td><center>".$row["l"]."</center></td>";
    $list.="<td><center>".$row["gf"]."</center></td>";
    $list.="<td><center>".$row["ga"]."</center></td>";
    $list.="<td><center><b>".$row["gd"]."</b></center></td>";
    $list.="</tr>";
}
$list.="</table>";
echo($list);
?>

</body></html>

grrraaagh · August 31, 2007

Your reply looked really promising, and gave me food for thought in trying new angles on the problem. The logic of it reads to me - a novice - as seeming to be just the job.

Unfortunately, upon trying your solution it just offered up the table headings with a white background. I then inserted a section of code that was removed from your sample namely,

while($row=mysql_fetch_array($rs))
{

as it threw me that your code slotted straight between the two Slist sections. However, i was obviously wrong in adding that as i received an error stating 'Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in ...... on line 45

'

Give this method a try:

<html><body>
TABLES TEST<BR>
<H3>Group A</H3>

<?php

$conn=mysql_connect("localhost", "server", "password") or die("could not connect");
$rs=mysql_select_db("database", $conn)or die("could not connect to database");
$sql=stripslashes("SELECT `stage`,`team`,`p`,`pts`,`w`,`d`,`l`,`gf`,`ga`, (gf - ga) AS 'gd' FROM `lgtables` WHERE `stage` LIKE 'GP A' ORDER BY 'pts' desc, 'gd' desc");
$num = mysql_num_rows($sql);
$rs=mysql_query($sql,$conn) or die("could not execute query because ".mysql_error());

$list="<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"2\">";
$list.="<tr><th>Team</th>";
$list.="<th>P</th>";
$list.="<th>PTS</th>";
$list.="<th>W</th>";
$list.="<th>D</th>";
$list.="<th>L</th>";
$list.="<th>GF</th>";
$list.="<th>GA</th>";
$list.="<th>GD</th></tr>";

for ($i=1; $i<$num; $i++) {
    $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($sql);
    
    if ($i == 1 || $i == 2) $bg = '#ffcc99';
    else if ($i == 3 || $i == 4) $bg = '#ffcc66';
    else $bg = 'white';
    
    $list.="<tr bgcolor=\"$bg\">";
    $list.="<td><b>".$row["team"]."</b></td>";
    $list.="<td><center><b>".$row["p"]."</b></center></td>";
    $list.="<td><center><b>".$row["pts"]."</b></center></td>";
    $list.="<td><center>".$row["w"]."</center></td>";
    $list.="<td><center>".$row["d"]."</center></td>";
    $list.="<td><center>".$row["l"]."</center></td>";
    $list.="<td><center>".$row["gf"]."</center></td>";
    $list.="<td><center>".$row["ga"]."</center></td>";
    $list.="<td><center><b>".$row["gd"]."</b></center></td>";
    $list.="</tr>";
}
$list.="</table>";
echo($list);
?>

</body></html>

grrraaagh · August 31, 2007

Triumphantly, i declare that the solution to the problem is as follows;

<html><body>
TABLES TEST<BR>
<H3>Group A</H3>
<?php
$conn=mysql_connect("localhost", "server", "password") or die ("could not connect");
$rs=mysql_select_db("database", $conn)or die ("could not connect to database");
$sql=stripslashes("SELECT `stage`,`team`,`p`,`pts`,`w`,`d`,`l`,`gf`,`ga`, (gf - ga) AS 'gd' FROM `lgtables` WHERE `stage` LIKE 'GP A' ORDER BY 'pts' desc, 'gd' desc");
$rs=mysql_query($sql,$conn) or die("could not execute query because ".mysql_error());
$list="<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"2\">";
$list.="<tr><th>Team</th>";
$list.="<th>P</th>";
$list.="<th>PTS</th>";
$list.="<th>W</th>";
$list.="<th>D</th>";
$list.="<th>L</th>";
$list.="<th>GF</th>";
$list.="<th>GA</th>";
$list.="<th>GD</th></tr>";
$counter = 1; 
while($row=mysql_fetch_array($rs)) 
{ 
   switch($counter++) 
   { 
      case 1: 
      case 2: 
         $color = '#ffcc99'; 
         break; 
      case 3: 
      case 4: 
         $color = '#ffcc66'; 
         break; 
      default: 
         $color = '#ffffff'; 
   } 
$list.="<tr style='background-color: $color'>"; 
$list.="<td><b>".$row["team"]."</b></td>";
$list.="<td><center><b>".$row["p"]."</b></center></td>";
$list.="<td><center><b>".$row["pts"]."</b></center></td>";
$list.="<td><center>".$row["w"]."</center></td>";
$list.="<td><center>".$row["d"]."</center></td>";
$list.="<td><center>".$row["l"]."</center></td>";
$list.="<td><center>".$row["gf"]."</center></td>";
$list.="<td><center>".$row["ga"]."</center></td>";
$list.="<td><center><b>".$row["gd"]."</b></center></td>";
$list.="</tr>";
}
$list.="</table>";
echo($list); 
?>

</body></html>

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