How to count an array content and assign number position with php

Question

am working on a website project in which i fetch array from my database and use foreach statement to output its contents. I want use php script to count how many items are in the array and assign number position to each item so that if the number position of the first item is an odd number i will apply css float:left style to it but if its even number it will float:right

any help please??. thank you.

Answer 1

Use the modulus operand:

<?php foreach ( $array as $index => $item ): ?>
    <div class="<?php echo $index % 2 ? 'even' : 'odd'; ?>"></div>
<?php endforeach; ?>

Then just use those class names in your CSS:

.odd {  float: left }
.even { float: right }