Re: setting the same value to multiple variables

From:	Jasper Bryant-Greene	Date:	Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:01:24 +0000
Subject:	Re: setting the same value to multiple variables
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charles stuart wrote:

if ( 1 == 1 )

^^ what is the point of this?

{

    $goodToGo = 0; $errorArray[] = "You must declare some goals on Activity 1.";

// this block of code does not set each variable to "class=\"errorHere\"";

    $readingGoalsEnjoymentLabelClass &&       $readingGoalsInformationLabelClass &&
    $readingGoalsAlphabeticLabelClass &&       $readingGoalsPrintLabelClass &&       $readingGoalsPhonologicalLabelClass &&
    $readingGoalsPhoneticLabelClass &&       $readingGoalsComprehensionLabelClass &&
    $readingGoalsVocabularyLabelClass &&       $readingGoalsInstructionsLabelClass &&
    $readingGoalsCriticalLabelClass &&       $readingGoalsCommunicateLabelClass = "class=\"errorHere\"";

}

While this seems like excessively ugly code (have you considered an array? what is the point of all those variables if they all hold the same value?), replace all of those '&&' with '=' and you will be fine. PHP evaluates right-to-left and the result of an assignment is the value that was assigned, so that will work. -- Jasper Bryant-Greene General Manager Album Limited http://www.album.co.nz/ 0800 4 ALBUM jasper@album.co.nz 021 708 334