Easiest way to alternate row colors in PHP/HTML?

Question

Here\'s a PHP example of mine. Can anyone find a shorter/easier way to do this?

Answer 1

In PHP I am using this code:

function alternate($sEven = "even", $sOdd = "odd")
{
    static $iCount;
    return ($iCount++ & 1) ? $sOdd :$sEven;
}

for($i = 0; $i< 5; $i++)
echo alternate();


/*output:

even
odd
even
odd
even

*/

Source: http://sklueh.de/2013/11/einfache-alternierung-mit-php/