Re: How come this will echo No or nothing?

this is from the O'Reilly _Programming PHP_ (Rasmus Lerdorf & Kevin Tatroe): "Because echo is not a true function, you can't use it as part of a larger expression: // parse error if (echo("test)) { echo("it worked!"; } Such errors are easily remedied, though, by using the print() or printf() functions." p. 76 Here's how I solved a similar problem: if ( $foo != '' ) print (" yes"); and then just add the else statement... best, Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: César Aracena <icaam@icaam.com.ar> To: 'JJ Harrison' <webmaster@tececo.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 5:42 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] How come this will echo No or nothing? > I've come up with this before and solved it like this (guess it'll > work): > > if($row['plevel'] == '0'){ > echo 'No'; > } else if($row['plevel'] != '0'){ > echo 'Yes'; > } > > Notice the *ELSE IF* instead of a simple else statement. Try it. > > C. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: JJ Harrison [mailto:webmaster@tececo.com] > > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 1:01 AM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP] How come this will echo No or nothing? > > > > here is the portion of the script: > > > > if($row['plevel'] == '0'){ > > echo 'No'; > > } else { > > echo 'Yes'; > > } > > > > here is my table structure dump: > > > > # > > # Table structure for table docs > > # > > > > CREATE TABLE docs ( > > id int(11) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, > > name varchar(200) NOT NULL default '', > > note varchar(200) NOT NULL default '', > > author varchar(200) NOT NULL default '', > > path varchar(200) NOT NULL default '', > > plevel tinyint(3) NOT NULL default '0', > > type char(3) NOT NULL default '', > > cat tinyint(3) NOT NULL default '0', > > file_size int(11) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', > > date int(11) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', > > PRIMARY KEY (id) > > ) TYPE=MyISAM; > > > > the row plevel is either 0 or 1. > > > > why won't this script echo Yes? > > > > The reason that the plevel is set in numbers is because I may add > higher > > ones later. > > > > -- > > JJ Harrison > > webmaster@tececo.com > > www.tececo.com > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php