Re: Simple If-else statement

H- Really, that's strange. Try printing out your variables and seeing what is actually being passed. print "FNAME:$fname:\n"; With the : : colons surrounding your variable you can see what if anything is actually in $fname. Also it might have been a typo on your part but be sure to check for single = and double == when using your if statements. For debugging purposes do simple stuff first. if ($fname == "") { print "NOTHING HERE\n"; // header("Location: http://callook.org/member_joinform.html"); } else { print "Got Something: FNAME:$fname:\n"; if (1 == 2) { $db = mysql_connect("localhost", "name", "password"); mysql_select_db("dBase",$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); } # end if block commentor for multipe line comments. It's cleaner. 8^) } end if-else check. Hope this is helpful. -Sterling Louis Brooks wrote: > > Thanks for everyone's response. I am still not able to get the > > if(($fname="")) { > > statement to work even with the suggestions everyone made so I am beginning > to wonder if it is a problem with the server. (It is php3 on an Apache > server. ) Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks again, > > Louis Brooks > > At 02:29 PM 3/27/01 -0500, you wrote: > >H- > > > >Another solution might be to use javascript to check the fields before > >the page is even submitted to make sure they put "something" in the > >first and last name fields. > > > >Unfortunately I'm not a javascript person but I've seen it done so much > >I'm sure you could find examples on the web or via a web search engine. > > > >As far as your code; I concure with the other posters replies: "" is > >empty, " " is a space. I've made the same mistake. Also did the if > >($name = "") { } Screwed me up for a bit until I remembered == is > >comparison. 8^) Oh well if you don't use it you lose it. > > > >Take it easy. > >-Sterling > > > > > >Louis Brooks wrote: > > > > > > 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? > > > >-- > >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net