i need some assistance making my table (rows) change color for every other data. here is what i have so far, but i get a "unexpected T_STRING error". this error's line is: if($thisRow mode 2 == 0){ +=+=+ SCRIPT BELOW +=+=+ $thisRow = 0; $query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM security_images ORDER BY ID DESC"); while($gt=mysql_fetch_array($query)){ if($thisRow mode 2 == 0){ $backgroundColor = "#CCCCCC"; }else{ $backgroundColor = "#FFFFFF"; } extract($gt); echo ?> <tr bgcolor="<?PHP echo($backgroundColor); ?>"> <td><?PHP echo($ID); ?></td> <td><?PHP echo($ipAddr); ?></td> <td><?PHP echo($area); ?></td> <td><?PHP echo($insertdate); ?></td> <td><?PHP echo($referenceid); ?></td> <td><?PHP echo($hiddentext); ?></td> </tr> <?PHP $thisRow++ } ?> +=+=+ SCRIPT ABOVE +=+=+ thanx in advance! - Brad www.BradTechnologies.com - Web Services -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php