Different CSS style on last SQL row using PHP - php

Question

Problem:
To style the last row in a SQL query without using any CSS3 selectors.
PHP code:
while ($item = mysql_fetch_assoc($itemsresult))
{
$answer = "SELECT IID, Comment FROM betyg_answers WHERE EID = '{$EID}' AND CID = '{$item['CID']}' ORDER BY ID ASC";
$answerresult = mysql_query($answer) or die ('Error (' . mysql_errno() . ') ' . mysql_error());
$answer = mysql_fetch_assoc($answerresult);
if ($answer['IID'] == $item['IID'])
{
$html .= '
<tr>
<td class="arrow" style="'.$arrow.'"><img src="./img/circle_arrow_right.png" class="arrowimage"></td>
<td class="numbers" style="'.$numbers.'">'.$itemcounter.'.</td>
<td class="text" style="'.$text.'">'.$item['Description'].'</td>
</tr>
';
}
else
{
$html .= '
<tr>
<td class="arrow" style="'.$arrow.'"> </td>
<td class="numbers" style="'.$numbers.'">'.$itemcounter.'.</td>
<td class="text" style="'.$text.'">'.$item['Description'].'</td>
</tr>
';
}
$itemcounter++;
}
Last row in SQL query should instead print:
$html .= '
<tr>
<td class="arrow" style="'.$lastarrow.'"> </td>
<td class="numbers" style="'.$lastnumbers.'">'.$itemcounter.'.</td>
<td class="text" style="'.$lasttext.'">'.$item['Description'].'</td>
</tr>
';
Question:
What needs to be added in the while loop so it recognizes the last row and print a different code instead?

Answer 1

Use a counter:
$i = 0;
$c = mysql_num_rows($itemresult);
while ($item = mysql_fetch_assoc($itemsresult)) {
$i++;
if ($i == $c) {
// This is a last row
} else {
// Regular row
}
}

Answer 2

there is several ways to do that :
use :last-child ( but this isn't working in IE8)
table tr:last-child {
background-color:#ff0000;
}​
using jQuery method ( this is browser independent)
in document load function, add following jQuery code,
$("td:last-child").css({background-color:"#ff0000"})