In what ways can a PHP script be structured to efficiently handle conditional formatting of table rows based on specific criteria?

To efficiently handle conditional formatting of table rows based on specific criteria in a PHP script, you can use a loop to iterate through your data and apply conditional formatting based on the criteria. You can use an if statement within the loop to check the specific condition and then dynamically add CSS classes to the table rows based on the condition.

```php
<?php
// Sample data
$data = [
    ['name' => 'John', 'age' => 25],
    ['name' => 'Jane', 'age' => 30],
    ['name' => 'Mike', 'age' => 20]
];

// Loop through the data and apply conditional formatting
foreach ($data as $row) {
    echo '<tr';
    if ($row['age'] < 25) {
        echo ' class="highlight"';
    }
    echo '>';
    echo '<td>' . $row['name'] . '</td>';
    echo '<td>' . $row['age'] . '</td>';
    echo '</tr>';
}
?>
```

In this code snippet, we loop through the sample data and check if the age is less than 25. If the condition is met, we add a CSS class "highlight" to the table row. This allows for conditional formatting based on specific criteria.