Re: Simple If-else statement

Hi, if ($name == " ") { .... checks for a space in $name. "empty" is either if (§name == "") without a free space between "" or you could do it with empty($mane) if (empty($name)) is true if it is empty (who would have thought this?) Johannes "Louis Brooks" <mbrooks@mailer.fsu.edu> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:5.0.0.25.2.20010327132158.009db480@mailer.fsu.edu... > Hi: > > I am trying to set up a simple script that will verify that all the blanks > in a form have been filled out and then submit that to mySQL. If the form > has not been completely filled out I want it to redirect them back to the > original form. I know that the mySQL part of the script works, but I am > unable to get the part of the script that checks the form input to see if > everything was filled out to work. It seems to bypass this part of the > script and enter the info into mySQL . Here is what I have so far: > > > If (($fname == " ") || ($lname == " ")) > { > header("Location: http://callook.org/member_joinform.html"); > }else{ > $db = mysql_connect("localhost", "name", "password"); > mysql_select_db("dBase",$db); > $sql = "INSERT INTO > members > (fname,lname,address,city,state,zip,country,email,username,password) > VALUES > ('$fname','$lname','$address','$city','$state','$zip','$country','$email','$ user > name','$password')"; > $result = mysql_query($sql); > } > > I hope the formatting comes out right. I am sure it is something simple I > have missed but I have tried the script several different ways and nothing > seems to work. Thank you for any help. > > Sincerely, > > Louis Brooks > > BTW: Is there a faq for this list before I go asking anymore questions? >