Re: if statement with or comparison (newbie)

Shouldn't that be this instead:

     if (($_REQUEST['id'] != "black") OR ($_REQUEST['id'] != "white")) {

         echo "wrong color";

     } else {

         echo "right color";

     }

-- Kevin Murphy Webmaster: Information and Marketing Services Western Nevada Community College www.wncc.edu 775-445-3326 On Sep 8, 2006, at 2:28 PM, Prathaban Mookiah wrote: > Let me rephrase it. Your color should be black or white to be the > right > colour. Is this correct? > > In that case you should change it to > > if ($_REQUEST['id'] != "black" AND $_REQUEST['id'] != "white") { > > echo "wrong color"; > > } else ( > > echo "right color"; > > } > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JD" <jd_borozo@borozo.com> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 5:03 PM > Subject: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie) > > >> I'm trying to set up a simple conditional, something like this: >> >> If my_variable is NOT equal to (black or white) >> echo "wrong color" >> else >> echo "right color" >> >> Here is what I have tried: >> >> if ($_REQUEST['id'] != ("black" or "white")) { >> >> echo "wrong color"; >> >> } else ( >> >> echo "right color"; >> >> ) >> >> However, no matter what I enter, I always get response "right color". >> >> I should add that if I change the if statement to: >> >> if ($_REQUEST['id'] != ("black")) >> >> then I get "right color" when I enter "black" and "wrong color" for >> everything else. >> >> Would you please point out what's the trivial thing I'm missing >> here... >> >> jd >> >> -- >> 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 >