Re: empty() in email message

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Gary <gpaul@paulgdesigns.com> wrote: > I have an email message > > $msg =  'Name: $fname ' . ' $lname\n' > . "Phone: $phone\n" > . "Email: $email\n" > > and it works fine, however in this message there are about 30 variables that > are being called...as such > > . "Order: beefschnitzel $beefschnitzel\n" > . "Order: beefstrips $beefstrips\n" > . "Order: cheesesausage $cheesesausage\n" > . "Order: crumbedsausage $crumbedsausage\n" > . "Order: chucksteak $chucksteak\n" > . "Order: cornedbeef $cornedbeef\n" > . "Order: dicedsteak $dicedsteak\n" > . "Order: filletmignon $filletmignon\n" > > I want to only send the message if the submitter enters an amount in the > form for the corresponding variable, instead of having a bunch of empty > messages.  So I have been trying to use the empty() function as such: > > . if empty($beefolives){''} elseif (isset($beefolives)) { 'Order: beefolives > $beefolives\n'} > > But I am getting the error > > Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_IF > > Can someone point me in the right direction? > > Thank you > -- > Gary > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5699 > (20101213) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Less complication is better, reduce the code to the below. The empty portion needs to be inside the parentheses. Also double quotes are needed to make the vairable parse correctly into the value you want to see if (!empty($beefolives)) { echo "Order: beefolives $beefolives\n";} -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat