basic if statement?

[k0r54]

Hi, I have posted something similar before but for some reason the same principle isn't working.


if ($searchtype == "animations" && $searchtype == "games" && $searchtype == "picturemsg") {
$extras = "extras/";
}



I am just trying to say is $searchtype = animations or games or picturemsg then $extras = "extras/"


Any ideas i have also only used a single = but that doesn't work either.

Can somebody please explain that to me aswell.

Thanks
k0r54

[BuezaWebDev]

Originally posted by k0r54
Hi, I have posted something similar before but for some reason the same principle isn't working.


if ($searchtype == "animations" && $searchtype == "games" && $searchtype == "picturemsg") {
$extras = "extras/";
}



I am just trying to say is $searchtype = animations or games or picturemsg then $extras = "extras/"


Any ideas i have also only used a single = but that doesn't work either.

Can somebody please explain that to me aswell.

Thanks
k0r54



if (($searchtype == "animations") && ($searchtype == "games") && ($searchtype == "picturemsg")) {
$extras = "extras/";
}



Try that--It's always good to encapsulate your conditions.

[k0r54]

Hi,

That doesn't work either but they do when when there is just one of them and not all 3 ??

[dreamcatcher]

&& is the AND operator which means all the statements have to be true to echo your variable.

Try this:


if (($searchtype == "animations") || ($searchtype == "games") || ($searchtype == "picturemsg")) {
$extras = "extras/";
}

[k0r54]

Hi, again sorry its still dont work??

[Da Warriah]

How are you setting the $searchtype variable? It's likely not being set properly, because dreamcatcher's code should work fine...

[ShrineDesigns]

try this:if(isset($searchtype) && ($searchtype == "animations" || $searchtype == "games" || $searchtype == "picturemsg"))
{
$extras = "extras/";
}

[moondance]

If all you are looking for is the presence of a value, maybe a less chunky way of doing it would be to use an array eg:


if(isset($searchtype))
{
$myArray = array('animations','games','picturemsg');

if(in_array($searchtype, $myArray))
{
$extras = "extras\";
}
}

[sydelct]

try doing an echo $searchtype and see if $searchtype has a value.

I am assuming that $searchtype is passed via post or get and if that's the case then you might have register_globals set to off and because of that, $searchtype is not being set.

i use "echo" a lot of times when debugging.