Alternate row colors with PHP
I know there are several ways to accomplish this, however, of all the ones I’ve tried, this is the shortest so far:
$i = 0;
while(true)
{
echo '<tr, td, div, row, whatever, here class="row'.$i.'">';
$i = 1 - $i;
}
So, if you make two classes, row1 and row2, each with a different background color, the result will be alternated row colors in whatever you’re doing. Very useful for long lists.
Update: you might be interested in how to alternate row colors with pure CSS.
I guess $i will take values 0 or 1 which is little limiting as to the naming of the classes.
I use:
($i%2 == 0)?$class=’white_class’:$class=’green_class’;
<div class="”>….
which is a bit longer but gives you more freedom in choosing the names of the classes. For example you can easily change green_class to light_green_class without having to modify your original green_class.
@VangelisB, you are totally right. Thanks for your input!