Apply css to php echo table

I want to apply css to tables created in html and populated by php echo. I apply the css to the table but only the html elements have the style applied.

<link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">


Some code ......

<table width="400" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="my_css_style">
<tr>
<td colspan="4"><strong>Current Lists</strong> </td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td align="center"><strong>Name</strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>Description</strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>Active</strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>Update</strong></td>
</tr>
<?php
while($rows=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
?>
<tr>
<td><? echo $rows['name']; ?></td>
<td><? echo $rows['description']; ?></td>
<td><? echo $rows['active']; ?></td>
<?php
// link to update.php and send value of id
?>
<td align="center"><a href="editlist_update.php?id=<?php echo $rows['listid']; ?>">update</a></td>
</tr>
<?php
}
?>
</table>

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

perhaps the css would be helpful, do you have class names defined or are you just applying the style to td, tr, etc?

Thanks for the reply.
The code I gave you is embedded in another table which I am applying the css to. The css is applied to all text apart from that generated by php echo.




body#velabs a.prod-action:active,
body#velabs a.prod-action:focus,
body#velabs a.prod-action:hover,
body#cdnlabs a.prod-action:active,
body#cdnlabs a.prod-action:focus,
body#cdnlabs a.prod-action:hover {
background-position: -291px 0px;
}


#prod-content {
position:relative;
width:100%;
margin-top:15px;

letter-spacing:-0.04em;
overflow:hidden;
-moz-border-radius: 7px;
-webkit-border-radius: 7px;
}

*html #prod-content {
margin-top:3px;
}
*html body#cxpage #prod-content {
margin-top:15px;
}

*:first-child+html #prod-content {
margin-top:3px;
}
*:first-child+html body#cxpage #prod-content {
margin-top:15px;
}

.prod-content-bottom,
.prod-content-bottom-w {
display: none;
}




#ve-index .prod-subsubhead, #vepage .prod-subsubhead {
background: #fff;
-moz-border-radius-topleft: 7px;
-moz-border-radius-topright: 7px;
-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 7px;
-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 7px;
}
.prod-subsubhead h4 {
display:block;
float:left;
margin:30px 0 0 0px;
font-weight:bold;
font-size:22px;
line-height:22px;
letter-spacing:-1px;
color:#4f4f4f;
padding: 0 20px 0 40px;
}
.prod-subsubhead h4 a, .prod-subsubhead h4 strong {
color:#000;
}
.prod-subsubnav ul li a {
color:#9e9e9e;
padding:3px 10px;
}
.prod-subcontent {
margin:0 30px;
}
body.faq .prod-content, body.faq .prod-content p, .addon-faq p {
font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
line-height:18px;
color:#777;
padding-bottom:2em;
}
body.faq .prod-content p b, .addon-faq p b {
display:block;
font-family:"Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:13px;
color:#000;
padding-bottom:0.5em;
}
body.faq .prod-content .faq_search_query {
color:#8d1c1c;
font-weight:bold;
}
body.faq .prod-content ul {
font-size:12px;
color:#333;
list-style:circle outside;
padding:0 0 2em 2em;
margin-top:-1em;
}
body.faq .prod-content ul li {
padding-bottom:0.1em;
}
body.faq .faqsearch {
background:url(../img/greyscale-sprite__f050d77.png) no-repeat 0px -463px;
margin:0 0 30px;
padding:17px 0;
width:587px;
}
body.faq .faqsearch .faqsearchinputbox {
border:1px solid #ddd;
margin:0 20px;
background:#fff url(../img/textinputbg__5d76440.gif) repeat-x;
}


*html body.faq .faqsearch .faqsearchinputbox input {
width:500px;
padding:10px 0;
}


body#youhack, body#nitropage {
background:#1a1a1a url(../img/nitro-subcontentbg01__b06c041.gif) repeat-x top !important;
}
body#youhack a, body#nitropage a {
color:#fff;
}
body#youhack p, body#nitropage p {
color:#888;
}
body#youhack a:hover, body#nitropage a:hover, body#youhack a:focus, body#nitropage a:focus {
color:#f8d043;
}

body#youhack ul#prod-nav li a:hover, body#youhack ul#prod-nav li a:focus, body#nitropage ul#prod-nav li a:hover, body#nitropage ul#prod-nav li a:focus, body#youhack.overview ul#prod-nav li a.subnav-index, body#nitropage.whynitro ul#prod-nav li a.subnav-whynitro, body#nitropage.faq ul#prod-nav li a.subnav-faq, body#nitropage.addons ul#prod-nav li a.subnav-addons, body#nitropage.support ul#prod-nav li a.subnav-support {
background:none;
color:#F6E19A;
}

body#nitropage #prod-content {
margin:0;
padding:30px 0;
background:#000 url(../img/nitro-subcontentbg_top__947eec6.gif) no-repeat;
}
body#youhack .prod-lcol {
width:650px;
border-right:1px solid #333;
padding-bottom:70px;
}

body#nitropage .prod-subsubhead {
background:none;
height:auto;
}
body#nitropage .prod-subsubhead h4 {
color:#888;
margin:0;
font-weight:normal !important;
}
body#nitropage .prod-subsubhead h4 a, body#nitropage .prod-subsubhead h4 strong {
color:#fff;
font-weight:normal !important;
}
body#nitropage .prod-subsubnav {
margin:0;
}
body#nitropage .prod-subsubnav ul li a {
color:#888;
}
body#nitropage .prod-subsubnav ul li a:hover, body#nitropage .prod-subsubnav ul li a:focus, body#nitropage .prod-subsubnav ul li a.active {
color:#f8d043;
background:none;
}
body#nitropage .prodtopline {
border-color:#333;
}
body#nitropage .prod-subcontent {
padding:30px 0 0;
}
body#nitropage .prod-content {
border:0;
margin:0;
padding:15px 40px 0 10px;
}
body#nitropage .mainfeatures p {
padding:0;
}
body#nitropage .mainfeatures p b {
font-size:18px;
font-weight:normal;
color:#f6e19a;
}
body#cxpage .quotebubble-thin-bttm {
width:220px;
}
body#cxpage .quotebubble-thin-bttm .qb-mid {
background:#dedede;
padding:12px 20px 15px;
}
body#cxpage .quotebubble-thin-bttm .qb-top {
height:8px;
width:100%;
font-size:1px;
line-height:1px;
background:url(../img/greyscale-sprite__f050d77.png) no-repeat left -19px;
}
body#cxpage .quotebubble-thin-bttm .qb-bttm {
height:30px;
width:100%;
font-size:1px;
line-height:1px;
background:url(../img/greyscale-sprite__f050d77.png) no-repeat left -35px;
}
body#cxpage .quotebubble-thin-bttm .qb-top .qb-tr {
width:8px;
height:8px;
float:right;
background:#f3f3f3 url(../img/greyscale-sprite__f050d77.png) no-repeat -632px -19px;
}
body#cxpage .quotebubble-thin-bttm .qb-bttm .qb-br {
width:8px;
height:8px;
float:right;
background:#f3f3f3 url(../img/greyscale-sprite__f050d77.png) no-repeat -632px -35px;
}

body#nitropage .prod-sidebar cite strong {
color:#fff;
}
body#nitropage.faq .prod-content p b {
color:#F6E19A;
font-size:115%;
}
body#nitropage .addon-faq p b {
color:#fff;
font-size:115%;
}
body#nitropage.faq .faqsearch {
background:url(../img/nitro_faqsearch__80573fb.gif)no-repeat;
}