Re: Declare variables in advance question

nitrox . wrote: > I want to declare these variables Game_id and Member_id in advance. Following the > suggestionfrom one of my books can I do something like this: > > $expected = array('Game_id', 'Member_id');foreach($expected AS $key) { > if ( !empty($_POST[$key])) { ${$key} = $_POST[$key]; } else { ${$key} = NULL; }} > case "addmember": switch ($_GET['type']) { case > "membergame": $sql = "INSERT INTO xsm_membergames > (Game_id, Member_id) VALUES ('" . > mysql_real_escape_string((int)$_POST["Game_id"])) . "', > '" . mysql_real_escape_string((int)$_POST["Member_id"])) . "')"; > break; } break; > My concern is did I achieve anything with the code I just added to declare the variables? Is it > actually being passed to this: case "addmember": switch > ($_GET['type']) { case "membergame": $sql = "INSERT INTO > xsm_membergames (Game_id, Member_id) VALUES > ('" . mysql_real_escape_string((int)$_POST["Game_id"]) . > "', '" . > mysql_real_escape_string((int)$_POST["Member_id"]) . "')"; break; > } break; > I did add this and tested it on my server and I didnt recieve any errors. So how can I be sure > its doing what I intended? > _________________________________________________________________ > See what you’re getting into…before you go there > > http://newlivehotmail.com/?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_viral_preview_0507 Your code is not formatted very nicly in your mail which makes it very hard to read, but it's also invalid. There is a case statement in there without a switch to control it.... twice. Col