[SOLVED] need help with proper syntax

[jeff5656]

I want to display the word "active" if signoff_status=a otherwise I want to display the word "off".

How do I do that?  Here's the code that gives me an error message after the IF statement:

<td align="center" width=5%><a href="updatesignoff.php?action=edit&id=<?php
 echo $row['id_incr']; ?>"><h3>
  <?php if $row['signoff_status'] = 'a' echo "Active" else echo "off";?></a>
  </h3></td>

[F1Fan]

<?php
if ($row['signoff_status']=='a') echo "Active";
else echo "off";
?>

[DarkWater]

Spacing things out helps a lot:

<td align="center" width=5%><h3><a href="updatesignoff.php?action=edit&id=<?php
    echo $row['id_incr']; ?>">
  <?php 
   if ($row['signoff_status'] == 'a') {
           echo "Active";
   } else { 
           echo "off";
   }
  ?></a>
  </h3></td>

 

Also, you missed a ; after echo "Active", you used only 1 = on the comparison (2 should be used), and you can't put an <a> around an <h3>, but it can be the other way around.

[jeff5656]

Thanks to both of you - it is solved.