Alt Row Color

[Anon]

Hello all again,
I really need help with some code here (just like everyone else that needs help). I need some code that will make my following code alternate the row color. Like if the first row is black, I want the next row to be white, and then the next be black again and so on.

My situation right now is that I am calling from the MySQL database which will call out for links to posts for a message board. Anyways, I have each link in its own cell and I need to alternate the bgcolor of every cell.

Here is my code.

//Start of code//

while($posts=mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
//$count++ is for Next/Prev links
$count++;

//This too (if statement) is for Next/Prev links
if($count>=$start_rec && $count<=$end_rec)
{
//Real beginning of the output here print "<tr>
<td><a href=\"read.php?PostID=$posts[ID]\">$posts[post_name]</a></td>
</tr>";
}
}
print "</table>";

		print "<p><table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" valign=\"bottom\">
		<tr>
			<td>
  			<div align=\"left\"><a href=\"read?TopicID=$TopicID&page=$prev_page\">Prev</a></div>
			</td>
			<td>
  			<div align=\"right\"><a href=\"read?TopicID=$TopicID&page=$next_page\">Next</a></div>
			</td>
		</tr>
		</table>";
					}
					else
						print "<font size=\"2\">There are no Posts for this topic.</font>";

		mysql_close($link);


		}

//End of Code//

Of course I left out a lot of code, but that code has really nothing to do with this part, all the other code is for other MySQL callings and the Next/Prev links.

[Anon]

in the <td> tag, just specifiy BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" or BGCOLOR="#000000" if the cells are hard coded. if there are part of a loop, do something like this:

while (...) {
if ($bgc == "#FFFFFF") {
$bgc = "#000000";
} else {
$bgc = "#FFFFFF";
}

put in table code

}

i think that would work.

james

[Anon]

no it wouldnt work because the if statement would look for anything basiclly that is called $bgc and if it was equal to #FFFFFF it would say that it is true and go on to change the color and keep every row as #000000. I already tried this.

[Anon]

u could do st like this:
make a var $x and unset it (false), then in the loop u check if it's set or unset and then print the table row bg color and if it's unset then you will set it and if it's set then u should unset it...hope ya get the idea....just try, it's better when you work out the code by yourself

[kailien]

$row1 = "#cfdafg";
$row2 = "#d3d3d3";
$rowcolor = $row1;

============= put this in the while loop to generate your rows

if ($rowcolor == $row1)
{
$rowcolor = $row2;
}
elseif ($rowcolor == $row2)
{
$rowcolor = $row1;
};

=================

Kai

[Anon]

Thank, that works perfect. Your a life saver.