Alternate row colours

[eluser]Johan André[/eluser]
How the hell can this:

Code:

$alt = 'alt';
*start loop*
    <?
    if ($alt) {
        $alt = '';
    }
    else
    {
        $alt = 'alt';
    }
    ?>
    <div class="property &lt;?=$alt;?&gt;">
        //content...
    </div>

*do loop*

...be cleaner than this:

Code:

<? foreach($items AS $item) : ?>
   <div class="&lt;?=alternator('odd', 'even');?&gt;">
      // content
   </div>
&lt;? endforeach; ?&gt;

Just asking...