NO! For the love of God and all that is holy, don't do that accumulator / mod "hack". That's sooooo 1980's. And why make the CPU do all that math for every row... Just do this. It's quick and simple: CSS: .dataRow1 { background-color: #DFDFDF; } .dataRow2 { background-color: #FFFFFF; } foreach ($foo_array as $foo) { ?><tr class="<?= ($dr = !$dr) ? "dataRow1" : "dataRow2" ?>"><td><?= $foo ?></td></tr><?php } No need to initialize $dr as by default PHP will make it a boolean "false", then each itteration, it will toggle true/false and substitute the CSS class > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Lucas [mailto:lists@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 4:03 PM > To: John Butler > Cc: PHP-General List > Subject: Re: how to say "inverse your value" (to a boolean)? > > John Butler wrote: > > quick Q: > > I have this inside a foreach{} that I want to alternate > between on and > > off so I can alternate the background-color of my <tr>'s. > > > > $tableRowBGcolorBoolCounter != $tableRowBGcolorBoolCounter; > //-boolean > > on and off > > > > I am looking thru' docs and books, but can't remember (nor > find now) in > > PHP how to say "inverse your value" (to a boolean). > > ? > > > > TIA! -G > > > > > > <?php > > $arr = range(1, 10); > > $i = 0; > foreach ( $arr AS $row ) { > > $row_color = ( ( $i++ % 2 ) ? 'green' : 'red'); > > echo $row_color; > > } > > ?> > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php