Design php output table with css - php

Question

Please anyone who can help me with this problem. I have a html file with a question. When submit is clicked it calls a php(which is connected with my database in Oracle) and it shows a table inside the html (using ajax).
I would like to know how can i show that table in a nicer form? Can I design it?
Here is my code in php
<?php
{
session_start();
include "connect.php";
}
$conn = DBConnect();
$stid = DBExecute($conn, "select something...");
$total = 0;
echo "<table>
<tr>
<th>Name1</th>
<th>Name2</th>
</tr>";
while ($row = oci_fetch_array($stid, OCI_ASSOC)) {
echo "<tr><td>";
echo $row['something'];
echo "</td>";
echo "<td>";
echo $row['something'];
echo "</td>";
}
echo "</table>";
?>
and I want to have for example this css instructions for the table i will show...
#newspaper-a
{
font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", Sans-Serif;
font-size: 12px;
margin: 45px;
width: 480px;
text-align: left;
border-collapse: collapse;
border: 1px solid #69c;
}
#newspaper-a th
{
padding: 12px 17px 12px 17px;
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 14px;
color: #039;
border-bottom: 1px dashed #69c;
}
#newspaper-a td
{
padding: 7px 17px 7px 17px;
color: #669;
}
#newspaper-a tbody tr:hover td
{
color: #339;
background: #d0dafd;
}
Please does anyone know what should i do to succeed it???
Important the table will be shown inside the same page not in another one..

Answer 1

You need to add your ID to the table div - like this:
<?php
{
session_start();
include "connect.php";
}
$conn = DBConnect();
$stid = DBExecute($conn, "select something...");
$total = 0;
// ADD YOUR ID HERE vvvvvvvv
echo "<table id="newspaper-a">
<tr>
<th>Name1</th>
<th>Name2</th>
</tr>";
while ($row = oci_fetch_array($stid, OCI_ASSOC)) {
echo "<tr><td>";
echo $row['something'];
echo "</td>";
echo "<td>";
echo $row['something'];
echo "</td>";
}
echo "</table>";
?>
http://jsfiddle.net/jakemulley/hs3mF/