Question

There is two ways to display the sql data in DataTables. The first is to build out an html table with a loop. The second option is to use sAjaxsource.

Change the color of each <tr> with the first solution is trivial, as shown below:

<table>
<thead>
  <tr>
    <th>id</th>
    <th>Customer Number</th>
    <th>WCODE</th>
  </tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
  <?php  while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) :?>

    <tr style="background-color:<?=$row['COLOR']?>;" >
      <td ><?=$row['id']?></td>
      <td ><?=$row['customer_number']?></td>
      <td ><?=$row['WCODE']?></td>
    </tr>

  <? endwhile; ?>
</tbody>
</table>

as you can see, $row[‘COLOR’] is the color of each row.

I would like to accomplish the same results using the second option sAjaxsource. The <tbody> is empty and i cant control each tr. there is no tr.

any ideas?
thanks.

Answer 1

Use simple php, change:

<tr style="background-color:<?=$row['COLOR']?>;border:1px solid;" >

in

echo "<tr style=\"background-color:".$row['COLOR'].";border:1px solid;\" >";