php array getting placeholder from database

i have this designing my t开发者_开发技巧able:

<style type="text/css">
        tr {
            background: <?php echo $colors[$status];?>;
            color:white;
        }
</style>

and

    $status = $row[4];//value is 0
    $colors = array("lime", "red");

The value in the database is 0.

The $status variable defines what color the table row should be. However the row is never lime. Is my array wrong or something else?

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make sure the order is correct.

the order should be something like this:

<?php
    $status = $row[4];//value is 0
    $colors = array("lime", "red");
?>
<style type="text/css">
    tr {
        background: <?php echo $colors[$status];?>;
        color:white;
    }
</style>

your issue could be due to the fact that $colors was never declared before you started using it

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If your css is defined in a separate file like "style.css", then your server won't know to parse php code inside. To do that you'll need to use the ".php" extension on your style file and include <?php header('content-type:css);?> at the top so the browser knows to interpret the css declarations.

Read more about using php in your css files here: http://www.barelyfitz.com/projects/csscolor/