philbob

@Quickoldcar Thank you so much for your expert advice…Phil

thanks Barand i'll check it out...phil

Sorry mis read post, still having same error syntax error, unexpected 'elseif' (T_ELSEIF) in your code on line 9 if ($xcatname) {$resa = mysql_query("SELECT catdesc FROM `$t_cats` WHERE `catname` LIKE '".$xcatname."'");} {$rowa = mysql_fetch_array($resa);} {$desc_msg = $rowa['catdesc'];} { echo '<div id="showad-textbox">'.$rowa['catdesc'].'</div><br>'; } elseif($xsubcatname) {$resa = mysql_query("SELECT subdesc FROM `$t_subcats` WHERE `subcatname` LIKE '".$xsubcatname."'");} {$rowa = mysql_fetch_array($resa);} {$desc_msg = $rowa['subdesc'];} { echo '<div id="showad-textbox">'.$rowa['subdesc'].'</div><br>'; } thanks again for your help

Thanks you for your quick reply I tried if ($xcatname $resa = mysql_query("SELECT catdesc FROM `$t_cats` WHERE `catname` LIKE '".$xcatname."'"); $rowa = mysql_fetch_array($resa); $desc_msg = $rowa['catdesc']; ) { echo '<div id="showad-textbox">'.$rowa['catdesc'].'</div><br>'; } elseif($xsubcatname $resa = mysql_query("SELECT subdesc FROM `$t_subcats` WHERE `subcatname` LIKE '".$xsubcatname."'"); $rowa = mysql_fetch_array($resa); $desc_msg = $rowa['subdesc']; ) { echo '<div id="showad-textbox">'.$rowa['subdesc'].'</div><br>'; } but now getting error syntax error, unexpected '$resa' (T_VARIABLE) in your code on line 1 Phil

Hi to you all can i say am very very new to php, and any help would be appreciated thanks. I keep getting this error Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'else' (T_ELSE) if ($xcatname) $resa = mysql_query("SELECT catdesc FROM `$t_cats` WHERE `catname` LIKE '".$xcatname."'"); $rowa = mysql_fetch_array($resa); $desc_msg = $rowa['catdesc']; { echo '<div id="showad-textbox">'.$rowa['catdesc'].'</div><br>'; } elseif($xsubcatname) $resa = mysql_query("SELECT subdesc FROM `$t_subcats` WHERE `subcatname` LIKE '".$xsubcatname."'"); $rowa = mysql_fetch_array($resa); $desc_msg = $rowa['subdesc']; { echo '<div id="showad-textbox">'.$rowa['subdesc'].'</div><br>'; } If i change the elseif to if then no error but i see both text descriptions any help thanks phil