[thelist] simple! PHP data display

[R.Livsey]

> Hi Jay,
>
> > if ($rowcount == 1) {
> >     print("<tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFCC\">\n");
> > } elseif ($rowcount <> 1) {
> >     print("<tr>\n");
> >     $rowcount = 0;
> > }
> >
> $rowcount++;
> if ($rowcount % 2 == 0) {
>   print ("<tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFCC\">\n");
> } else {
>   print ("<tr>\n");
> }
>
> or
>
> echo "<tr". ((++$rowcount % 2 == 0) ? " bgcolor=\"#FFFFCC\">"
> : ">"). "\n";
>
> or, if you want to specify a bgcolor for both rows:
>
> echo "<tr bgcolor=\"#". ((++$rowcount % 2 == 0) ? "FFFFCC" :
> "CCFFFF"). ">\n";
>
> Cheers
> Jon

Hi.

I occasionally use something along the lines of:

// --- outside the loop --- //
$colour1	= "#EEEEEE";
$colour2	= "#FFFFFF";
$currColour	= $colour1;

// --- inside the loop --- //

// toggle colours
$currColour==$colour1 ? $currColour=$colour2 : $currColour=$colour1;

echo "<td bgcolor=\"$currColour\">\n";

etc...

Has the advantage of specifying the colours outside of the loop so you
can change them globally if you wanted to.

R.Livsey
Incutio Web Developer
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