Re: navigation include not functioning (RESOLVED)
| From: | Paul M Foster | Date: | Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:14:01 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: navigation include not functioning (RESOLVED) | ||
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On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 02:55:07PM -0700, Ben Dunlap wrote:
> > In my navigation.php include file, I had if ($page = about) echo href....
> > I changed it to if ($page == about) echo.... and it suddenly
> worked! Imagine
> > that...
>
> Another good case for putting the variable on the right side of "==":
>
> if ("about" == $page)
>
> Then if you mis-type "==" as "=", PHP will fail immediately with a parse
> error.
>
> It feels a little weird but if it saves a lot of head-desk moments it's
> probably worth it. Now if only I could get into the habit myself...
This is common practice for a lot of C programmers for exactly this
reason.
Paul
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Paul M. Foster