PHP for loop Exercises : Create a chess board using for loop
PHP for loop: Exercise-9 with Solution
Write a PHP script using nested for loop that creates a chess board as shown below.
Use table width="270px" and take 30px as cell height and width.

Sample Solution:
PHP Code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body>
<h3>Chess Board using Nested For Loop</h3>
<table width="270px" cellspacing="0px" cellpadding="0px" border="1px">
<!-- cell 270px wide (8 columns x 60px) -->
<?php
for($row=1;$row<=8;$row++)
{
echo "<tr>";
for($col=1;$col<=8;$col++)
{
$total=$row+$col;
if($total%2==0)
{
echo "<td height=30px width=30px bgcolor=#FFFFFF></td>";
}
else
{
echo "<td height=30px width=30px bgcolor=#000000></td>";
}
}
echo "</tr>";
}
?>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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