Thats pretty much what i have got off www.hotscripts.com. The problem is adding it to my exsisting code.
~cheers Paul "Boaz Yahav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You can also check : A PHP function To Make Alternative Colored table rows http://www.weberdev.com/get_example.php3?count=3609 Alternating background color for HTML table rows http://www.weberdev.com/get_example.php3?count=3482 Another way to alternate table rows http://www.weberdev.com/get_example.php3?count=1832 How to display any array in several rows and columns of a table. Not just in one column or in alternate rows. This example shows a nice color table generated with PHP, but can be used with any array values(e.g. Database) http://www.weberdev.com/get_example.php3?count=1761 HTML Table with random alternating colours, helps you see what you colour options are. http://www.weberdev.com/get_example.php3?count=1555 Sincerely berber Visit http://www.weberdev.com/ & http://www.weberblog.com/ Today!!! To see where PHP might take you tomorrow. Share your code : http://addexample.weberdev.com Search for PHP Code from your browser http://toolbar.weberdev.com Share your thoughts : http://www.weberblog.com/submit.php?type=story&topic=PHP_Web_Logs -----Original Message----- From: PAUL FERRIE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 5:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Alternet row colors Hello all I have been working on this website http://thor.ancilenetworks.co.uk/~pferrie/vinrev/index2.htm I did not design the site i have just been asked to tweak it My php knowledge is limited always learning something new. Anyways I have been trying to use a code that i got from www.hotscripts.com the scipts retutns alternet rows colors for information sent back from the database when displayed in the broswer. Here is the script: //------------------- function alternate_rows( // color_1 and color_2 have default values, but can be over-ridden. $data, $color_1 = '#999999', $color_2 = 'black' ) { // Declare $color as static so it retains its value when program // execution leaves the local function's scope. static $color; // Set the color to that's not currently set. if ( $color == $color_1 ) { $color = $color_2; } else { $color = $color_1; } echo '<tr bgcolor="' . $color . '"><td>' . $data . '</td></tr>'; } I have tried a few was of implamenting this into my current php code but i have had no luck :( Could some one help me with this please :) If you check the website and click "top ten" http://thor.ancilenetworks.co.uk/~pferrie/vinrev/index2.htm The code for return the top ten result is : $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM albums where id <15"); $Count = @mysql_num_rows($result); echo "<table border=1 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 bordercolor='#000000'>\n"; echo "<tr><td bgcolor='#666666'>ID</td><td bgcolor='#666666'>ARTIST</td><td bgcolor='#666666'>TITLE</td><td bgcolor='#666666'>LABEL</td><td bgcolor='#666666'>PRICE</td></tr>\n"; for ($count = 0; $count < $Count; $count++) { // Extract post details from database $myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result); $id = $myrow ['id']; $artist = $myrow ['artist']; $title = $myrow ['title']; $label = $myrow ['label']; $price = $myrow ['price']; printf("<tr bgcolor='#000000'><td>$id</td><td>$artist</td><td>$title</td><td>$label</td> <td>£$price</tr>\n"); } echo "</table>\n"; ?> Cheers Paul -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php