I am writing php code which will print the data present in the mysql table in a alternating color format.

<?php

//Database Connection inputs

$host=”localhost”; // Host name
$username=”"; // Mysql username
$password=”"; // Mysql password
$database=”mydb”; // Database name
$table=”mytable”; // Table name

// Connect to server and select databse

mysql_connect(“$host”, “$username”, “$password”)or die(“cannot connect”);
mysql_select_db(“$mydb”)or die(“cannot select DB”);
$sql=”SELECT * FROM $mytable”;
$result=mysql_query($sql);

// Define $color=1, this is a temporary variable to define color.

$color=”1″;

echo ‘<table width=”200″ border=”1″ cellpadding=”2″ cellspacing=”0″>’;
while($rows=mysql_fetch_array($result))

{

// If $color==1 table row color = #FFC600
if($color==1)

{
echo “<tr bgcolor=’#FFC400′>
<td>”.$rows['firstname'].”</td><td>”.$rows['lastname'].”</td><td>”.$rows['age'].”</td>
</tr>”;
// Set $color==2, for changing the color
$color=”2″;
}

// When $color not equal 1, use this table row color
else

{
echo “<tr bgcolor=’#C3FF00′>

<td>”.$rows['id'].”</td><td>”.$rows['name'].”</td><td>”.$rows['email'].”</td>
</tr>”;
// Set $color back to 1
$color=”1″;
}
}
echo ‘</table>’;

?>

Alternate Color Table Format

You can also use CSS files instead of specifying the color.

td .d0

{

background-color: #FFC600;

}

td .d1

{

background-color:#fff

}

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