Need alternating rows in table

[tryin_to_learn]

I'm trying to create a dynamic table where one row is shaded and the next is not like you see in accounting kinds of situations. I don't know how to write the code so the first time through the loop, it gives a td class="shaded" and the next time, it's just a plain td. Here's the code I have so far:

<?php
    for($i = 0; $i < count($clients); $i++)    {
    ?>
        <tr class="shaded">
            <td class="rightDarkerBorder"><input type="checkbox" name="clientid[]" value="<?php echo $clients[$i]["clientID"]; ?>" /></td>
            <td scope="col" align="center"><a href="singleClient.php?clientid=<?php echo $clients[$i]["clientID"];?>" ><img src="<?php echo URL ?>_images/editIcon.gif" alt="Edit" /></a></td>
            <td><?php echo $clients[$i]["lastName"];?></td>
            <td><?php echo $clients[$i]["firstName"];?></td>
            <td><?php echo $clients[$i]["phoneCell"];?></td>
            <td><?php echo $clients[$i]["phoneHome"];?></td>
            <td><?php echo $clients[$i]["phoneWork"];?></td>
            <td><?php echo $clients[$i]["address1"];?></td>
            <td><?php echo $clients[$i]["city"];?></td>                
            <td><?php echo $clients[$i]["state"];?></td>
            <td><?php echo $clients[$i]["zip"];?></td>        
            <td><?php echo $clients[$i]["birthday"];?></td>        
            <td><?php echo $clients[$i]["therapist"];?></td>
        </tr>
        <?php
    }

Help?

[RetoxMedia]

<?php
    $color1 = "#CCFFCC"; 
    $color2 = "#BFD8BC"; 
    $row_count = 0; 
    for($i = 0; $i < count($clients); $i++)    {
    $row_color = ($row_count &#37; 2) ? $color1 : $color2; 

    ?>

        <tr class="shaded">

            <td class="rightDarkerBorder" bgcolor="<?=$row_color; ?>"><input type="checkbox" name="clientid[]" value="<?php echo $clients[$i]["clientID"]; ?>" /></td>

            <td scope="col" align="center" bgcolor="<?=$row_color; ?>"><a href="singleClient.php?clientid=<?php echo $clients[$i]["clientID"];?>" ><img src="<?php echo URL ?>_images/editIcon.gif" alt="Edit" /></a></td>

            <td bgcolor="<?=$row_color; ?>"><?php echo $clients[$i]["lastName"];?></td>

            <td bgcolor="<?=$row_color; ?>"><?php echo $clients[$i]["firstName"];?></td>

            <td bgcolor="<?=$row_color; ?>"><?php echo $clients[$i]["phoneCell"];?></td>

            <td bgcolor="<?=$row_color; ?>"><?php echo $clients[$i]["phoneHome"];?></td>

            <td bgcolor="<?=$row_color; ?>"><?php echo $clients[$i]["phoneWork"];?></td>

            <td bgcolor="<?=$row_color; ?>"><?php echo $clients[$i]["address1"];?></td>

            <td bgcolor="<?=$row_color; ?>"><?php echo $clients[$i]["city"];?></td>                

            <td bgcolor="<?=$row_color; ?>"><?php echo $clients[$i]["state"];?></td>

            <td bgcolor="<?=$row_color; ?>"><?php echo $clients[$i]["zip"];?></td>        

            <td bgcolor="<?=$row_color; ?>"><?php echo $clients[$i]["birthday"];?></td>        

            <td bgcolor="<?=$row_color; ?>"><?php echo $clients[$i]["therapist"];?></td>

        </tr>

        <?php
      $row_count++;

    }
?>

[abb]

Easier to just assign a css class to the <tr> instead of the <td>s

<?php
$counted = count($clients); // pre-calculate, is faster in php, otherwise php runs count() every iteration

for( $i=0; $i < $counted; $i++ )
{
   ...
   if ( $i % 2 == 0 )
      $tr_class = 'class="rw1"';
  // else
  //    $tr_class = 'class="rw2"';
?>
   <tr <?php echo $tr_class;?>>

You can also do column colors, using <colgroup> and <col>, example below 3, 6, 9 will be pink

<style type="text/css">
  .pink { background: pink; }
</style>
<table summary="">
  <colgroup>
    <col></col>
    <col></col>
    <col class="pink"></col>
  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>3</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>4</td>
    <td>5</td>
    <td>6</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>7</td>
    <td>8</td>
    <td>9</td>
  </tr>
</table>

[Raju Gautam]

I usually do like this:

<style type="text/css">
	.bgPink{
		background-color:#FF9999;
		color:#000000;
	}
	.bgBlack{
		background-color:#000000;
		color:#FFFFFF;
	}
</style>

echo '<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">';
for($i=0;$i<4;$i++){
$bgCls = ($bgCls == "bgPink") ? "bgBlack" : "bgPink";

  echo '<tr class="' . $bgCls. '">';
  echo '<td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td>';
  echo '</tr>'
}
echo '</table>'; 

[Type-O]

Easier to just assign a css class to the <tr> instead of the <td>s
[php]
<?php
You can also do column colors, using <colgroup> and <col>, example below 3, 6, 9 will be pink

<style type="text/css">
  .pink { background: pink; }
</style>
<table summary="">
  <colgroup>
    <col></col>
    <col></col>
    <col class="pink"></col>
  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>3</td>
  </tr>
</table>

Thanks for the colgroup example, that somehow never got into my html-repertoire.

As for the TS's issue: go for the css class in the tr, you can control every descendant element by that. Suggestion: go for generic names like 'odd'/'even' or 'row1'...'row4'.

[tryin_to_learn]

Thanks for all the tips. My table will soon have zebra stripes.