Re: whats wrong with this?

> if($day = $system_day){ > >the problem i am experiencing is that it seems the "if" statement is setting >the $day value to equal $system_day instead of comparing their values.... >if i add That's because you have only one = sign there. = by itself does the assignment (setting a value) == does comparison. Sometimes, you do *both* an assignment and "test" the "answer" in a single line like this: if ($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)){ Here, the = does an "assignment" (sets the value) and then the *VALUE* is tested to see if there is something there or not. The = sign is only roughly similar to = in Mathematics. Or, perhaps it would be better to say that: = is like "Suppose x = 5. Then..." == is like "Is x = 5?" -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm