RE: [PHP-DB] string compare function

take it you've tried having exactly the same value for each to test if the return is 0? it shouldn't be comparing literals, but it looks like it could well be! try putting "" round the variables, and various things like that? -----Original Message----- From: tomhilton [mailto:tom-hilton@home.com] Sent: 17 January 2002 15:20 To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP-DB] string compare function Hi, this is more of an earlier post regarding the strcmp function and my problems with it on my Win98 machine. This is the actual code I used for the strcmp function, $errors=0; if (empty($username)||empty($pword)||empty ($conf_pword)||empty($redirect)) { echo "<h3>Please hit your browser's back button and fill in all fields</h3>"; $errors++; } $comp=strcmp($conf_pword,$pword); echo $comp; The result ($comp) always comes back -1 when $pword is the 2nd variable, and +1 when $pword is the 1st variable. It doesn't matter what the input is into the variables from the form the data comes from. Is it comparing the actual literals of the variable names? -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/02 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/02