bios site help......

[aldumil]

I am making a a dealio for friends to post their bios on a site using XML and PHP. I want to display their names in a table and:::heres the part I need help on:::: I want the rows in the table to alternate between white background and maroon background. I came up with something like.......

$i = 0;
for(generate table expression thingy){
if($i) { print &quot;<tr><td bgcolor=#000000>foo</td></tr>\n&quot;; else print &quot;<tr><td bgcolor=#ffffff>foo</td></tr>\n&quot;;
}

but I can't seem to make it work. ideas??

 

[stakadush]

use the modulus operator on the number 2 to check for even and uneven numbers. everytime there's an even number print black and when it's uneven print white.
example:

for($i = 0; $i <= $number_of_fields; $i++){
	$td_color = $i % 2 ? &quot;000000&quot; : &quot;FFFFFF&quot;;
	print &quot;<tr><td bgcolor=\&quot;#$td_color\&quot;>foo</td></tr>\n&quot;;
}