Re: Stupid newbee question.

OK, Thanks! I guess I better start counting my brackets, commas, quotes, etc., etc.. Ed "Sam Carleton" <scarleton@activex-dev.com> wrote in message news:39823265.24360BA0@activex-dev.com... > Ed Warvel wrote: > > > > Can you put an if/else pair inside the if or else of an outer pair. In other > > words could I do this: > > > > if (whatever){ > > If (whatever){ > > blah blah; > > }Else{ > > blah blah; > > } > > }else{ > > If (whatever){ > > blah blah; > > }Else{ > > blah blah; > > } > > } > > > > If the answer is yes and this should not cause any problems then I probably > > am missing a comma or quote or something else that just doesn't cause a > > problem until the code gets to the outer level else. If this doesn't work is > > there a way around doing this, or maybe a different syntax I should be > > using. I'm a Cold Fusion programmer and I know I can nest if/else pairs to > > my hearts content (as long as I can keep track of the brackets) in that > > language, but I'm very new to PHP so I'm wondering if it has different ways > > of doing this sort of thing. > > You are allowed to nest if statements with one another. You would be in > some seious hurt if you couldn't, IMO. I program in a number of > languages C/C++/VB/Java/javaScript/Perl, they ALL allow nested if > statements. They also allow nesting of any type of conditional > if/switch/while/do. The only language that doesn't, that I know of, is > Assembly, but then you don't have any of those conditionals:) Life is > very different in assembly:) > > Sam > > -- > 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 >