RE: [PHP] Re: Using Logical OR operator in IF statement???

>> if ((substr($sString,(strlen($sString)-1)!="-")) or Looks to me that the bracketing is wrong... try: if ((substr($sString,(strlen($sString)-1))!="-") or -----Original Message----- From: Mark [mailto:maggelet@mminternet.com] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:12 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Using Logical OR operator in IF statement??? >> if (substr($sString,(strlen($sString)-1)!="-")) { I think you meant either substr($sString,strlen($sString)-2) or substr($sString,-1) >> print "You can't have a dash at the end of your string."; >> } >> >> and this works: >> if (substr($sString,0,1)!="-") { >> print "You can't have a dash at the beginning of your string."; >> } >> >> But, this doesn't work for any case: >> if ((substr($sString,(strlen($sString)-1)!="-")) or >> (substr($sString,0,1)!="-")) { >> print "you can't have a dash at the beginning or end of your >>string."; >> } >> >> What could be wrong? I've used a logical OR operator in the >>middle of an >IF >> statement like this before, but for some reason, this just isn't >>working. >> Anyone got any ideas? I suppose I can just evaluate this with two >different >> IF statements, but it seems like I shoud be able to do it in one >>and >reduce >> duplicate code. Thanks very much in advance. >> >> .....Brad >> >> >> > > > -- Mark, maggelet@mminternet.com on 10/24/2001 -- 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