getting background in drop boxes

[msnhockey]

hey all,

trying to get a row color background in my dropboxes. i've seen it done on other sites and can't figure it out..

here is my script which works for gathering the info, but not getting the row colors in.

$si =0;
$tbgcolor = is_int($si / 2)?"#efefef":"#ffffff";
 $seasonselect = "
  <center>
  <form bgcolor=\"$tbgcolor\" method=\"post\" action=\"index.php?opt=viewplayer&pid=$pid&divid=$divid&sid=$sid&tid=$tid\">
  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"opt\" value=\"viewplayer\">
  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"season\" value=\"".$open_season."\">
  <select name=\"pid\">
  <option bgcolor=\"$tbgcolor\" value=\"\" selected>Select Team Player</option>";

 while($counter_divisions < $total_rows_divisions) {
  $thisdiv = mysql_result($result_pi,$counter_divisions,"fname");
  $thisdiv1 = mysql_result($result_pi,$counter_divisions,"lname");
  $thisdivid = mysql_result($result_pi,$counter_divisions,"id");
  $divarray[$counter_divisions] = $thisdivid;

  $seasonselect .= "
<option bgcolor=\"$tbgcolor\" value=\"".$thisdivid."\"> ".$thisdiv." ".$thisdiv1."</option>";
  $counter_divisions++;
 }

 $seasonselect .= "
  </select>
  <input class=\"button\" type=\"submit\" name=\"Submit\" value=\"<!--%cc_view%-->\">
  </form></center>";

[NogDog]

You need to put the lines that set the background and increment the line counter color inside of the while loop where the <option> tags are output. Also, it would be more 21st century to use CSS styling instead of the deprecated bgcolor attribute.

[msnhockey]

what would be the easiest way to input the css styling into this code.

[benracer]

You could use the style attribute...

<form action="" method="get">
  <select name="jumpMenu" id="jumpMenu" onchange="submit();">
    <option value="#" style="background-color:#000099">Blue</option>
    <option value="#" style="background-color:#000">Black</option>
    <option value="#" style="background-color:#FF0000">Red</option>
  </select>
</form>

[msnhockey]

the biggest problem i have now is that all the info is pulled from the database.

i've tried using this $tbgcolor = is_int($si / 2)?"#efefef":"#ffffff"; for old school way

[benracer]

Well cant you use the colour names? for example $tbgcolor ="blue" ?