March 8, 2012
xml to php table alternating row color
Question by bignow23
Trying to display an html table from and xml from php, getting error when trying to alternate the row base on even and odd mostly for styling the table.
foreach($bookdata as $book) // loop through our books
{
$i = 0;
if($i%2 == 0)
{
$class = 'even';
}
else
{
$class = 'odd';
}
{
echo <<<EOF
<tbody>
<tr class='$class'>
<td>{$book->date} </td>
<td><a href='http://www.website.com{$book->dataNo}.html'>{$book->Name}</td>
<td><a href='http://www.website.com/-{$book->authorcodeNo}.html'>{$book->author}</td>
</tr>
}
$i++;
}
EOF;
}
echo '</tbody>';
echo '</table>';
Any help most welcome
Answer by Starx
You are reseting the $i to 0 on every loop.
Remove
$i = 0;
from your code. And I didn’t notice this before but the EOF is misplaced. Here is a full working solution
foreach($bookdata as $book) // loop through our books
{
if($i%2 == 0) { $class = 'even'; }
else { $class = 'odd'; }
echo <<<EOF
<tbody>
<tr class='$class'>
<td>{$book->date} </td>
<td><a href='http://www.website.com{$book->dataNo}.html'>{$book->Name}</td>
<td><a href='http://www.website.com/-{$book->authorcodeNo}.html'>{$book->author}</td>
</tr>
EOF;
$i++;
}
