Can I make a table cell have a different background color if the value =< a particular number with jquery or PHP?

Question

I have an HTML table with a lot of numbers.

Is it possible to have a table cell change background color if the value inside that cell (or column) equals or is less than

Answer 1

Yes it is easy to do this sort of thing.

For example, with jQuery, something like this:

$('table.mytable td').each(function() {
  if (this.textContent <= 3000) {
    $(this).css('background', '#FF0000');
  }
}