Re: if elseif elseif elseif....

PJ wrote: > PJ wrote: >> Daniel Brown wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 17:51, PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> elseif ($obligatoryFieldNotPresent = 1) { >>>> $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = 0; } >>>> >>>> >>> Are you certain you only wanted a single equal operator in the >>> last elseif() condition? Further, are you sure it should even be >>> an elseif() and not a straight else? >>> >>> >>> >> That's where the problem lies... the algorhythm is if any one of a >> series is empty, then it's an error, but if they are all ls then we >> go on... So the last one should show up as "0"... I tried else >> $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = 0; but that doesn't want to work. I >> tried echo $obligatoryFieldNotPresent; just get a blank page... I >> can't figure out how to determine if anything is in the String... >> perhaps I should be checking for null elseif >> ($obligatoryFiledNotPresent == "") { $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = >> 0; } I tried that too, but same result... >> >> > finally found the problem... wrong names for string and this is what > now verifies correctly.... if (strlen($_POST["titleIN"]) == 0 ) { > $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = 1; } elseif > (strlen($_POST["first_nameIN"]) == 0 ) { $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = > 1; } elseif (strlen($_POST["publisherIN"]) == 0 ) { > $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = 1; } elseif > (strlen($_POST["copyrightIN"]) == "" ) { $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = > 1; } elseif (strlen($_POST["ISBNIN"]) == 0 ) { > $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = 1; } elseif > (strlen($_POST["languageIN"]) == 0 ) { $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = > 1; } elseif (!empty($_POST['categoriesIN'])) { > $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = 0; > > But now I have to figure out the workflow and see why it is not going > the right way... wonder where I got some of this stuff... > > Glad to hear it, however just some critique of your coding style while you're still learning. You should leave no doubt as to what variables are for. Be descriptive, like: $theObligatoryFieldFromTheFormTheOneThatMustBePresentAndContainAvalueMayInFactBePresentOrYouWouldReceiveAnE_NOTICEHoweverTheFieldContainsNoValue = 1 Also look into isset() and empty(). -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com