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<?php 	
	$numberOfRows = 6;	// number of rows the table should have
	
	// The code below creates an 'array' (list of data) providing the options for possible color values
	$letters = array("0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F");
		
	echo "<TABLE WIDTH='100%' CELLPADDING='0' CELLSPACING='0'>"; // start the table
	
	// A for loop "header" has three parts, an initialization, condition, and increment
	// Each part is separated by a semi-colon
	// What should repeat in the loop is in the braces under the line that starts with "for"
	for($i = 0; $i < $numberOfRows; $i++) 	// The variable $i starts at 0, goes up by 1 because of $i++
	{										// and the loop stops when $i equals $numberOfRows
	
		// a color requires 6 hexidecimal digits (0,1...9, A... F)
		$bgCol = $letters[rand(0, count($letters)-1)]; // first random digit	
		$bgCol .= $letters[rand(0, count($letters)-1)]; // The ".=" means add what is on the right to
		$bgCol .= $letters[rand(0, count($letters)-1)]; // the end of the variable ($bgCol)
		$bgCol .= $letters[rand(0, count($letters)-1)];
		$bgCol .= $letters[rand(0, count($letters)-1)];
		$bgCol .= $letters[rand(0, count($letters)-1)]; // $bgCol now has 6 digits
		echo "<TR BGCOLOR= '$bgCol'><TD>My background color is $bgCol</TD></TR>"; // HTML table code
	}
	echo "</TABLE>"; // end the table
?>