echo "<table>";
$color1 = "#EEEEEE";
$color2 = "#FFFFFF";
$rowc = 0;
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM places ORDER BY id LIMIT 5");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql) {
$row_color = ($rowc % 2) ? $color1 : $color2; //basicly like a if()
echo "
<tr>
<td width="110" bgcolor="$row_color" nowrap>
$article_date</td>
<td bgcolor="$row_color">
<a href="whteva.php?cmd=full_article&article_id=$article_id">$article_title</a></td>
</tr>";
$rowc++; //increment by 1
}
echo"</table>";
