what is wrong?

[squiblo]

i think that i have my thinking all wrong:

 

<?php   
echo '<div id="copyright" style="position:absolute;left:55px;width:150px;height:44px;z-index:32">';
if(isset($_SESSION['myusername']))
{
   echo 'top:628px;';
}
else
{
   echo 'top:588px;';
}
echo '" align="left">
<font style="font-size:13px" color="#000000" face="Arial">Squiblo &#169; 2009</font></div>';
?>

<div id="copyright" style="position:absolute;left:55px;top:588px;width:150px;height:44px;z-index:32" align="left">
<?php
if(isset($_SESSION['myusername']))
echo '<font style="font-size:13px" color="#000000" face="Arial">Squiblo &#169; 2009>';
?>
</font></div>

[Philip]

You used a double quote instead of a single quote on the first echo...

<?php   
echo '<div id="copyright" style="position:absolute;left:55px;width:150px;height:44px;z-index:32';
if(isset($_SESSION['myusername']))
{
   echo 'top:628px;';
}
else
{
   echo 'top:588px;';
}
echo '" align="left">
<font style="font-size:13px" color="#000000" face="Arial">Squiblo &#169; 2009</font></div>';
?>

<div id="copyright" style="position:absolute;left:55px;top:588px;width:150px;height:44px;z-index:32" align="left">
<?php
if(isset($_SESSION['myusername']))
echo '<font style="font-size:13px" color="#000000" face="Arial">Squiblo &#169; 2009>';
?>
</font></div>

[squiblo]

now the script doesnt have any errors but does not do what i want, i want to move the text 30px from the top when logged in

[gevans]

your not running session_start()

 

Both divs are absolute aligned, so one will not affect the other.

 

The random copyright notice (I thgink that's what it is) will probably just sit at the top left of the page (with only that script).

[squiblo]

i have session_start(); at the top of the page but i dont know how to correct what i have done 

[squiblo]

basically i wont to move this text 30px from top if logged in:

<div id="copyright" style="position:absolute;left:55px;top:588px;width:150px;height:44px;z-index:32" align="left">
<font style="font-size:13px" color="#000000" face="Arial">Squiblo &#169; 2009</font></div>

[squiblo]

<?php
echo '<div id="wb_Shape2" style="position:absolute;left:54px;width:793px;height:412px;z-index:10;';
if(isset($_SESSION['myusername']))
{
   echo 'top:200px;';
}
else
{
   echo 'top:170px;';
}
echo '" align="center">
<img src="/Images/body_img.jpg" id="Shape2" align="top" alt="" title="" border="0" width="793" height="412"></div>';
?>


<div id="menubar" style="position:absolute;left:54px;top:168px;width:793px;height:30px;z-index:13" align="center"> 
<?php
if(isset($_SESSION['myusername']))
echo '<img src="/Images/header_img.jpg" id="menubar" align="top" alt="" title="" border="0" width="793" height="30">';
?>
</div>

[waynew]

Whenever I'm creating an app that changes appearance in accordance with whether the user is logged in or not, I check whether they are logged in at the beginning of the code, in order to male things easier:

 

$logged_in = false;
//IF statement determining whether user is logged in or not - assigning true or false

[squiblo]

i tried something different but there is an error  i cant seem to do this with text:

<div id="copyright" style="position:absolute;left:55px;top:628px;width:150px;height:44px;z-index:32" align="left">
<?php
if(isset($_SESSION['myusername']))
   echo '<font style="font-size:13px" color="#000000" face="Arial">Squiblo &#38;#169; 2009';
?>
</font></div>

<div id="copyright" style="position:absolute;left:55px;top:588px;width:150px;height:44px;z-index:32" align="left">
<?php
{
   else
} 
?>
echo '<font style="font-size:13px" color="#000000" face="Arial">Squiblo &#38;#169; 2009';
</font></div>
<?php
}
?>