Re: complex control structure- please help

IG wrote:

Hi all, This may not be complex at all- maybe my head is just screwed up this afternoon! I am looping through arrays all at one time for the following- $filter_subject $filter_body $filter_email $filter_subject_like $filter_body_like $filter_email_like Examples of the following could be- $filter_subject[0] = "This is the subject"; $filter_body[0] = "This is the body"; $filter_email[0] = "email@email.com"; $filter_subject_like[0] = ""; $filter_body_like[0] = ""; $filter_email_like[0] = ""; $filter_subject[1] = ""; $filter_body[1] = ""; $filter_email[1] = ""; $filter_subject_like[1] = "lots of nice things"; $filter_body_like[1] = "horrible body text"; $filter_email_like[1] = "email@email.com"; $filter_subject[2] = ""; $filter_body[2] = ""; $filter_email[2] = ""; $filter_subject_like[2] = "Lots of nice things"; $filter_body_like[2] = ""; $filter_email_like[2] = ""; $filter_subject[3] = ""; $filter_body[3] = "This is the complete body"; $filter_email[3] = ""; $filter_subject_like[3] = "Part of the subject"; $filter_body_like[3] = ""; $filter_email_like[3] = ""; I then run something like the following on the variables $subject, $body, $email, $subject_like, $body_like and $email_like.... .... for($e=0;$e<count($filter_subject);$e++) { ...

                                           if($subject == $filter_subject[$e])                 {$found_subject = 1;}        // Subject has been found
           if($body == $filter_body[$e])                         {$found_body = 1;}            // Body has been found
           if($email == $filter_email[$e])                     {$found_email = 1;}            // Email has been found
             if(strpos($subject_like, $filter_subject_like[$e]))    {$found_subject_like = 1;}    // Subject(like) has been found
           if(strpos($body_like, $filter_body_like[$e]))        {$found_body_like = 1;}        // Body(like) has been found
           if(strpos($email_like, $filter_email_like[$e]))        {$found_email_like = 1;}    // Email(like) has been found

... } What I want to do is work out if (from the above examples) the following (not written in php by the way, just in kind of english) example 0 - if - ($subject == "This is the subject" AND $body == "This is the body" AND $email == "email@email.com") THEN DO THE FOLLOWING.... example 1 - if - ($subject == "lots of nice things" AND $body_like contains "horrible body text" AND $email contains "email@email.com") THEN DO THE FOLLOWING.... example 2 if - ($subject contains "Lots of nice things") THEN DO THE FOLLOWING.... example 3 if - ($body == "This is the complete body" AND $subject contains "Part of the subject") THEN DO THE FOLLOWING.... How can I organise a control structure so that I can do the above? My brain is hurting and I could do with some thoughts from you guys!

You're most of the way there. convert it to php code and you're basically done: if ($body == '...') { echo "Body is $body\n"; } and so on. I don't see the problem here ? -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/