add class="$cat" to latest post list

Hey,

In de sidebar of our wp-site, I have a simple list of the latest posts. I would love to style it a bit by category. I thought it would be simple to add something like class=”$cat”, but I can’t seem to find a way to get the right value for $cat.

This is my code now:

<?php
global $post;
$tmp_post = $post;
$args = array( 'numberposts' => 8 );
$myposts = get_posts( $args );
foreach( $myposts as $post ) : setup_postdata($post); ?>            <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="<?php echo $cats; ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php $post = $tmp_post; ?>