Alright, this is a simple little script which I got from some site a while back which lets you alternate colors in a table as rows come in from mySQL.

A quick tutorial explaining how to alternate table row colors using PHP and MySQL.

shows you how to generate a table with alternating row colours from a MySQL databse.

The author notes, "Last week we introduced you to the basics of creating an efficient database table structure. After today's concluding article of this series you'll be able to create some of your own MySQL-powered applications, or use this syntax as the basis for learning to create normalized databases on your database server of choice."

What is MySQL? How does it work? : And how do you work with it? This tutorial is a great place to get started using PHP & MySQL. Includes some code samples, explaination and resources.

Many devs using MySQL have fallen in love with PHP. Jason Gilmore explains why they're the perfect couple. This is ore of an introductory article on PHP and MySQL covering such topics as features of PHP and MySQL, and how to use PHP to interact with MySQL.

Learn how to issue basic mySQL queries using PHP and how to properly validate SQL queries before issuing them to the database server to prevent possible attacks or unauthorized access

This article will aid the reader in learning the basic operations of the MySQL server, including how to make a proper connection, set up the server for consequential manipulation and execute basic commands. The commands covered within this article are among the most important commands within the language, as they form the basis for the more advanced commands.

PEAR's DB classes are one of the database abstraction layers. This article takes a look at some traditional database access methods and then compare them with the method employed by PEAR.

OO approach described in this article helps to create data layer abstractions which are easy to port to other databases without altering the application code