CSS BORDER-STYLE
This is a shorthand property which allows an author to specify ‘border-top-style’, ‘border-right-style’, ‘border-bottom-style’, and ‘border-left-style’ properties using a single property and value notation (the values are given in this order separated by spaces.) If one or more of the values are not present, the value for a missing side is taken from the opposite side that is present. If only one value is listed, it applies to all sides.
Example
| strong { border-style: groove inset solid none }
<strong style=”border-style: dotted”>this is a test</strong> |
Possible Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| inherit | Explicitly sets the value of this property to that of the parent. |
| none | No border is rendered. This overrides any value of ‘border-width’, if present. |
| hidden | Creates the same effect as ‘none’. Only difference is for border conflict resolution for table elements. |
| dotted | The border is rendered as a series of dots. |
| dashed | The border is rendered as a series of short lines. |
| solid | Renders a solid line. |
| groove | Creates the effect of the border being grooved or carved in the rendering surface (A 3-D groove – the opposite of ‘ridge’.) The groove bevel color is rendered based upon the value of the ‘color’ property. |
| ridge | Creates the effect of the border being raised from the rendering surface (A 3-D ridge – the opposite of ‘groove’.) The ridge bevel color is rendered based upon the value of the ‘color’ property. |
| inset | Creates the effect of the border being embedded in the rendering surface (A 3-D inset.) The inset bevel color is rendered based upon the value of the ‘color’ property. A distinction exists between this value and ‘groove’. |
| outset | Creates the effect of the border coming out of the rendering surface (A 3-D outset – the opposite of ‘inset’.) The outset bevel color is rendered based upon the value of the ‘color’ property. A distinction exists between this value and ‘ridge’. |
| double | A double line drawn on top of the background of the element. The two lines with the space between adds up to the value of the ‘border-width’ property. |
I am using CSS solid borders for the elements of a table in PHP. The table cells get their data from a mySQL databse. If there is not data in the table, there is of course no data in the table cell. But the border is missing. Can you advise?