Re: empty() in email message

"Andre Polykanine" <andre@oire.org> wrote in message news:1110253876.20101214025042@oire.org... > Hello Gary, > > Try using this: > if (!empty($beefolives)) $msg.="Order: beef olives"; > or: > $msg.=empty($beefolives)? "": "Order: beef olives"; > > -- > With best regards from Ukraine, > Andre > Skype: Francophile > Twitter: http://twitter.com/m_elensule > Facebook: http://facebook.com/menelion > > ----- Original message ----- > From: Gary <gpaul@paulgdesigns.com> > To: php-general@lists.php.net <php-general@lists.php.net> > Date: Monday, December 13, 2010, 7:47:49 PM > Subject: [PHP] empty() in email message > > 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 > > Andre That looks good, I will give that a try in the morning, thank you for your help. Gary __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5700 (20101213) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com