[SOLVED] request help with if statement

[slashpine]

Hi, can someone please show me how to use an array rather than a single word string?

if ($query=='painters')

echo "hellow world";[/php

 

how can I get the echo results if the query is any of the following..."painters","pressure_washing", "property_maintenance", "contractors". ?

 

Thanks in advance...

[Mad Mick]

A bit confused but is this what you want?

 

$things=array("painters","pressure_washing", "property_maintenance", "contractors");
$query="painters"; //for example...

foreach($things as $element){
  if ($element==$query) echo $query;
}

[slashpine]

Thanks...that works great...

 

Now what if I wanted to add a second array that would echo a different message?

[Mad Mick]

You can use the PHP function in_array():

 

http://uk3.php.net/function.in-array

[slashpine]

use it in place of

"foreach($things as $element){
  if ($element==$query) echo $query;

or with it ?

[Mad Mick]

 

In place of - my first answer was too longwinded!

 

Note this checks every array in case $query is in more than one.

 

$things=array("painters","pressure_washing", "property_maintenance", "contractors");
$otherthings=array("builders","cleaning", "something", "something_else");

$query="painters";

if (in_array($query,$things)) echo "in things array";
if (in_array($query,$otherthings)) echo "in otherthings array";

[slashpine]

Man! that is so great! Thanks a million...