Re: using strcmp()

You're missing the ; on this line: $result=strcmp($firstword, $secondword) Anthony Ritter wrote:

The following test script for the function strcmp() is from page 114 -115 of PHP (Hungry Minds). I'm getting a parse error on line 6. Using PHP 4.1.1 / MS Win 98 / Apache Server. Many thanks... Tony Ritter .......................................... <? // using strcmp() $firstword="peach"; $secondword="mango"; $result=strcmp($firstword, $secondword) if ($result>=1) { $statement="comes after"; } else if ($result<=-1) { $statement="comes before"; } else { $statement="is the same as"; } echo "The word <b>$firstword</b> $statement"; ?>

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