php while loop variable for every third div

Question

Is their a way in a while loop to assign a variable to a class in a div, for every third item in a while loop. I am using the blueprint structure and the third div is at the

Answer 1

for ($i = 0; $i < $numRecords; $i++)
{
 $className = "";
 if (($i % 3) == 0)
 {
  $className = "last"
 }

 ....
}

The key part here is the ($i % 3) == 0.

EDIT: The following is in response to your comment.

/* LOOP THROUGH SHOEDATA TABLE */

$results = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM shoeData");

$i = 0;
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($results)){
$i++;
$name = $row['name'];
$about = $row['about'];
$company = $row['company'];
$buy = $row['buy'];
$tags = $row['tags'];
$id = $row['id'];
$image = $row['image'];


/* ECHO THE SHOEDATA RESULTS */         
    $additionalClass = ($i % 3) == 0 ? " last" : "";
    echo "
";
        echo "
";
        echo "";
        echo "
";

        echo "
";

                echo "
$name";
                echo "
$about";
                echo "
$company";
                echo "
BUY";
                echo "
$tags";
        echo "
";
    echo "
";


}/*SHOEDATA WHILE LOOP ENDS */