how to change background colour in echo - php

Question

i am trying to apply the background color in echo using an inline style but it is not applying background color in however changes only the text color. i want to change background color in a particular part of the code
echo "<p style='color:orange';background-color:red;>"."record number: ".$rec_num. "</p>"."<br>"
program code is
class db_access
{
private $_uname;
private $_pass;
private $_db;
private $_server;
//_construct connects databaseand fetchest he result
public function __construct($server,$user_name,$password,$d_b)
{
$this->_server=$server;
$this->_pass=$password;
$this->_uname=$user_name;
$this->_db=$d_b;
$con=mysql_connect($this->_server,$this->_uname,$this->_pass);
$db_found=mysql_select_db($this->_db,$con);
if($db_found)
{
$sql="SELECT * FROM login";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
if ($result)
{
while ( $db_field = mysql_fetch_assoc($result) )
{
static $rec_num=1;
//inline css
echo "<p style='color:orange';background-color:red;>"."record number: ".$rec_num. "</p>"."<br>";
print $db_field['ID'] . "<BR>";
print $db_field['u_name'] . "<BR>";
print $db_field['pass'] . "<BR>";
print $db_field['email'] . "<BR><br><br>";
$rec_num++;
}
//returns the connection name that is used as a resource id in __destruct function
return $this->_con=$con;
}
else {die(mysql_error());}
}
else
{return die(mysql_error());}
}
// destruct function closes database
public function __destruct()
{
$close=mysql_close($this->_con);
if($close)
{print "connection closed";}
else {die(mysql_error());}
}
}
$db=new db_access("127.0.0.1","root","","fabeeno");
//var_dump($db);

Answer 1

Try like
echo "<p style='color:orange;background-color:red;'>record number: ".$rec_num. "</p><br>";
You have to end ' single quote after the background-color style.

Answer 2

try
echo "<div style='background-color:red;'><p style='color:orange'>"."record number: ".$rec_num. "</p></div>"."<br>";

Answer 3

Or you can ajust only the print lines with styles
print "<p style='color: red;border: 1px solid black;height:20px;box-shadow: 1px 1px 7px;'>"."message!: ".$db_field['TEXTAREA1'] . "<br>";
after this i got an fancy box around the text =) i love boxes in many ways
so no echo where placed only print {} function
Many thanx and good luck
ps
['textarea1'] <-- is assigned to database so it reads only that table