Robert Cummings wrote: > On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 17:57 +0200, Jochem Maas wrote: >> Robert Cummings wrote: >> >> ... >> >>>> I'll add the CSS once I can get the form to work properly, and can >>>> figure out how to change the color with css based on a certain value >>>> stored in a database IE: $rowColor :) >>> At it's simplest: >>> >>> '<td class="'.$rowColor.'">' >> ... >> if $rowColor is a hex based value using it as a CSS class is not really going to work >> that well, in such cases I would opt to use inline css: >> >> echo '<td style="background:', $rowColor, '">'; > > Inline CSS is as maintainable as bgcolor. if you're using inline styling > then you've missed the point. $rowColor is coming from a DB (that was my assuption based on the OP's story) - it's value is, for example, '#ff0000' so it cannot be used as a CSS class .. the OP may not be in a position to change the data in the DB. There may be a style/color choosing interface in his app that makes things very maintainable (especially for the developer because the user does the work). missing the point is not all bad - especially when the point is on the end of a sword :-) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php