Two color rows in table inside while iteration
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From: Richard Quadling on 30 Apr 2010 07:12 On 30 April 2010 08:40, Daevid Vincent <daevid(a)daevid.com> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> while(foo){ >> $tr = (0 == $trColor % 2)? "#E8E8E8" : "#FFFFFF"; >> echo "<tr style=\"background-color:".$tr."\">"; >> ... > > Don't do this modulus (%) math!!!! Just toggle a boolean!! > > <tr class="<?= ($r = !$r) ? "dataRow1" : "dataRow2"; ?>"> > The modulus is a good option when there are more than 2 states. Say a 5 row fade ... $a=0; while ($row=mysql_fetch_...){ echo "<tr class=ââââââ\"alternate-row-".(1 + (++$a%5))."\"><..." } giving alternate-row-1, alternate-row-2, alternate-row-3, alternate-row-4 and alternate-row-5 -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling
From: "Jay Blanchard" on 30 Apr 2010 07:14 [snip] Don't do this modulus (%) math!!!! Just toggle a boolean!! <tr class="<?= ($r = !$r) ? "dataRow1" : "dataRow2"; ?>"> [/snip] What is wrong with modulus math????
From: Paul M Foster on 30 Apr 2010 10:34 On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 05:34:38PM -0400, tedd wrote: > At 11:01 AM -0300 4/29/10, Juan Rodriguez Monti wrote: <snip> >> >> Tedd, >> Thanks. I'm gonna check it. I finally solved it using: >> >> if ( CONDITIONS )) { >> >> $results = query( QUERY ); >> $colors = array('#97b7cd','#96bf8c'); >> $index= 0; >> echo "<html>"; >> echo "<head>"; >> echo '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="is.css" />'; >> echo "</head>"; >> echo "<body>"; >> echo '<div id="container">'; >> >> echo "<table border='1'>"; >> echo "<td><strong>a1</strong></td> <td><strong>a2</strong></td> >> <td><strong>a3</strong></td> <td><strong>a4</strong></td> >> <td><strong>a5</strong></td> "; >> >> while ($row = CONDITIONS )) { >> echo '<tr style="background-color: ' . $colors[$index ++ % >> 2] . ';">'; >> echo "<td>$row[0]</td><td>$row[1]</td> <td>$row[2]</td> >> <td>$row[3]</td><td>$row[4]</td> "; >> } >> echo "</tr>"; >> echo "</table>"; >> echo "</div>"; >> echo '<p><a href="back.html">back</a></p>'; >> echo "</body>"; >> echo "</html>"; >> >> This solution was the best for me. It's solved with your help. >> >> Thanks a lot!. >> >> Juan > > The above is far more complicated than it has to be. > > Please critically review my example. +1 This thread came up before, and tedd's solution was the least complex, as far as I could tell. I shamelessly stole his code and regularly use it in my own projects. ;-} Paul -- Paul M. Foster
From: Ashley Sheridan on 30 Apr 2010 10:30 On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 06:14 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote: > [snip] > Don't do this modulus (%) math!!!! Just toggle a boolean!! > > <tr class="<?= ($r = !$r) ? "dataRow1" : "dataRow2"; ?>"> > [/snip] > > What is wrong with modulus math???? > Modulus is the most elegant solution I reckon. Imagine if you only needed to highlight every 3rd row, or 4th? Easy to change the modulus for it, not so easy to re-work a binary switch. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
From: Jay Ess on 30 Apr 2010 10:37
Paul M Foster wrote: > +1 > > This thread came up before, and tedd's solution was the least complex, > as far as I could tell. I shamelessly stole his code and regularly use > it in my own projects. ;-} > Or if one choose to use Smarty template. <tr bgcolor="{cycle values="#eeeeee,#d0d0d0"}"> http://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.function.cycle.php |