This is a function that will allow you to display alternate table row colors.

By : hurlic

<?php

// Displays alternate table row colors
function row_color($i){
$bg1 = "#0099FF"; // color one
$bg2 = "#336699"; // color two

if ( $i%2 ) {
return $bg1;
} else {
return $bg2;
}
}

//DB connection
$connection = mysql_connect("localhost","userName","password");
$db = mysql_select_db("databaseName");

$sql = "select * from tableName"; // Database Query
$result = mysql_query("$sql"); // Database Query result

// Starts the table
echo "<table bgcolor=#FFFFFF border=0 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=1>\n";

// Create the contents of the table.
for( $i = 0; $i < $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); $i++){
echo "<TR>\n"
."<TD bgcolor=".row_color($i).">".$row["fname"]."</TD>\n"
."<TD bgcolor=".row_color($i).">".$row["lname"]."</TD>\n"
."</TR>";
}
echo "</TABLE>"
?>

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