How do I distinguish the odd and even in an if statement: for($i=0; $i<count($spanId); $i++){ if((count($spanId[$i]) % 2) == 0){ $beginIllustratorNav = "<span id = \"".$spanId[$i]."\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px; display: block; width: ".$spanWidth[$i]."px; height: ".$spanHeight[$i]."px; border: 1px solid #F6F5E3;\" >"; }else{ $beginIllustratorNav = "<span id = \"".$spanId[$i]."\" style=\"float: left; margin: 5px; display: block; width: ".$spanWidth[$i]."px; height: ".$spanHeight[$i]."px; border: 1px solid #F6F5E3;\" >"; } ... } PHP: