Re: isset question

This is what I have now and it works. I do know that on the second line I have $_POST['mort']}\n" : " "; in the second half. I'm not sure I understand the comment about use the !empty if you dont care about PHP. But this is working, and unless someone sees a problem with it, I will leave it as is. Thank you to everyone for helping. Gary $msg.= !empty($_POST['purchprice']) ? "If this information is completed, it is a new purchase.\n The Purchase Price is $purchprice\n" : " "; $msg.= !empty($_POST['mort']) ? "The mortgage amount is {$_POST['mort']}\n" : " "; $msg.= !empty($_POST['howlong']) ? "The sellers have owned the property for $howlong\n\n\n" : " "; $msg.= !empty($_POST['mortgage']) ? "If this information is completed, it is a refinance.\nThe mortgage amount is $mortgage\n" : " "; $msg.= !empty($_POST['purdate']) ? "The property was originally purchased on $purdate\n" : " "; $msg.= !empty($_POST['datefin']) ? "The property was last financed $datefin\n" : " "; ""Gary"" <gwpaul@ptd.net> wrote in message news:EA.E8.08167.6AC8A3A4@pb1.pair.com... >I have a form that gives the submitter a choice or either one set of >questions, or another. I am still getting the message even if the input was >left blank. So on the line below, > > $msg.= isset($_POST['mort']) ? "The mortgage amount is $mort\n" : " > "; > > I get > > The mortgage amount is > > What am I missing here? > > Thanks > > Gary >