Re: If else question

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Jennifer Downey wrote: > I am wondering. When you use an if else statement and a condition exists > isn't the if part suppose to stop? > Then if the condition doesn't exist it is suppose to do something else? > > I am wondering because I have a form that goes something like this. > > select such and such from the table > if that condition < 1 > echo that it can't be found > else > echo the form > > But in this case even if the condition < 1 it still echoes the form. > I am not understanding this. If and else expect to be followed by exactly 1 statement. To aggregate multiple statements as one, surround them with {curly braces}. I'm guessing you didn't do that, and you're seeing the execution of all but the first of the statements following the else. So it should be: if ($var<1) echo "can't be found"; else { echo "first line of form"; echo "second line of form"; } miguel