elseif problem in function

[stopblackholes]

i cant seem to figure this out. the rating is coming out all screwed up.

 

i made the code easier to read by just making a test version of the original function.  i added .= to the test part it seems to be evaluating the middle three as average in the else statement even though it evaluated the rating -5.

 

any help is much appreciated,

 

<style>
.items-box{ font-size:16px;}
.item{background-color: #CCCCCC; border-bottom:solid 2px; }
.greaterthan{ color: #006600;padding:0px 10px;}
.lessthan{ color: #FF0000;padding:0px 10px;}
.average{ color: #0066FF;padding:0px 10px;}
.rating{ font-size:14px; font-weight:bold; padding:0px 10px;}
</style>
<div class="items-box">
<?php
$tree = array( array( id => "1", 
                      name => "1st",
              rating => "5",
                      parentid => "0" 
                    ),
               array( id => "2", 
                      name => "reply",
	      rating => "0",
                      parentid => "1"
                    ),
               array( id => "3", 
                      name => "reply",
	      rating => "-5",
                      parentid => "1" 
                    ),
	array( id => "4", 
                      name => "2nd topic",
		rating => "-1",
                      parentid => "0" 
                    ),
        array( id => "5", 
                      name => "reply 2nd",
	     rating => "5",
                      parentid => "4" 
                    ),		
	array( id => "6", 
                      name => "reply",
	      rating => "3",
                      parentid => "1" 
                    )	
             );

function itemsFormat($parent, $tree) {
       foreach ($tree as $item) {
  
   
        if($parent == $item['parentid']) {


///rating	
$rating = $item['rating'];
   
   if($rating  >= 5){
	$test.='<span class="greaterthan">greater than or equal to 5</span>';
   }elseif($rating <= -5){ 
   $test.='<span class="lessthan">less than or equal to -5</span>';
   }else{
   $test.='<span class="average">average</span>';
   }




          $output .= '<div class="item">';
          $output .= '<span>' . $item['name'] .'<span class="rating">rating:'.$item['rating'].'</span>_test:'.$test. '</span>';
	  $output .= '</div>';
	  
          $output .= itemsFormat($item['id'], $tree);
          
        }
      }

      return $output;
    }
echo itemsFormat(0, $tree);
echo '</div>';


///output raw array for testing
//print '<pre>'; var_dump($tree); print '</pre>';


die();
?>

 

 

[stopblackholes]

solved the problem moved elseif to its own function. stupid me.  now the function will have to return a huge array each go around.

 

more work oh well