7 replies to this topic

[mbodamer]

Hi,
I am trying tomimic this functionality:

<?php if($listing['bedrooms']) : ?><b>Bedrooms:</b> <?php echo $listing['bedrooms'] ?><br/> <?php endif; ?>

that is on a working site but I do not have the variable defined yet. I have a program that generates tags like this: {bedrooms}

so I am seeking to match IF bedrooms=3 (for example) then display 3bed.jpg

this is what I was trying but it failed miserably:

<?php $name = {name};  if($name == "joe") : ?><img src="joe.jpg"><?php endif; ?>

hopefully you can follow my wayward logic.
Thanks

[Jessica]

{name} is not valid PHP. What are you trying to set $name to?

[mbodamer]

Well like I said... {name} is a tag that is generated from a program that I can simply put on the HMTL page anywhere and it will print the value of {name}. So I need a way to see what that value is, and then if it matches what I want, print something if not ignore it.

if I just put {name} on the page it will print "joe" for example.

[Jessica]

That's doesn't make it valid PHP. What "puts" joe into {name}? What program are you using?

[Love2c0de]

Wouldn't PHP interpret {name} as a constant?

Regards,

L2c.

[Christian F.]

Nope, it produces a syntax error for an unexpected {.
Easily testable by yourself, btw, by running one line via the PHP CLI shell.

Edited by Christian F., 07 February 2013 - 08:49 AM.

[Jessica]

Good job answering the important questions. Good luck.

[Love2c0de]

Nope, it produces a syntax error for an unexpected {.
Easily testable by yourself, btw, by running one line via the PHP CLI shell.

Wow I was never aware we could run php from the command line. I was at work when I replied to that, usually I would just test something before asking a question etc.

So eunning PHP from the command line means we don't need a local server for example to run PHP scripts? I'm going to give the php.net a thorough read regarding CLI when I get back.

I might do a bit of PHP in my break now, they already got n++ installed

Kind regards,

L2c.

Edited by Love2c0de, 07 February 2013 - 12:57 PM.