Code not Executing

[Cetanu]

I am having a problem. I want a user to click "attack" or "flee" on a form and have the right thing happen in response.

 

If they click attack I would like to update statistics and their MySQL row, but if they click flee I want them to be redirected to the main page. I changed the reactions to echo "Hi"; just to see if they would work, but all it does is reload the page.

 

 <?php
//Copyright applies to this entire script. 

echo "<table style='margin: 0 auto; border: 2px solid #000; width: 70%;'>
<tr><td style='border: 1px solid #000;' colspan='2'>You have deployed to the surface of Tyrgah. 
Desert wastelands abound around you and nothing but solid, cracked ground meets your eye.<br/><br/>
<a href='cpanel.php'>Control Panel</a><br/>
<a href='fcenter.php'>Fight Center Main</a></td><td></td></tr> 
<tr><td style='border: 1px solid #000; text-align: center;'>Stat Panel</td><td td style='border: 1px solid #000; text-align: center;'>The Fight Panel</td></tr> 
<tr><td>";
include "db.php"; 
$result=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM rpg WHERE player='{$_SESSION['username']}'") or die(mysql_error());

while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){ 

echo "<strong>".$row['name']."</strong><br/>
<strong>".$row['species']."</strong><br/>
<strong> Health: ".$row['health']."</strong><br/>
<strong> Attack: ".$row['attack']."</strong><br/>
<strong> Defense: ".$row['defense']."</strong><br/>
<strong>"; 

	if($row['species']=="Alien"){ 
		echo "Stealth: ".$row['stealth']; 
	} 

	if($row['species']=="Marine"){ 
		echo "Melee: ".$row['melee'];
	}

echo "</strong>
<strong>Money: ".$row['money']."</strong>";
echo "</td><td>";

	if(!$_POST['choose']){
		echo "Choose an Enemy to Fight 
		<form action='fcenter.php?page=planet1' method='post'>
		<select size='4' name='fight'>
		<option value='Aliens'>Aliens</option>
		<option value='Marines'>Marines</option>
		<option value='Native Animals'>Native Species</option> 
		<option value='Totally Random'>Randomize</option>
		</select> 
		<input type='submit' name='choose' value='Search'/> 
		</form>"; 
	}

	if($_POST['choose']){ 

		if($_POST['fight']=="Aliens"){ 
			$randA = mt_rand(1,20);

			if($randA=="1" || $randA=="7" || $randA=="2" || $randA=="20"){ 
				echo "<script> alert('You have not found an enemy to fight. Please try again.'); 
                                        location='fcenter.php?page=planet1'; </script>"; 
			} 

			if($randA=="3" || $randA=="6" || $randA=="11" || $randA=="8" || $randA=="16" || $randA=="4" || $randA=="10" || $randA=="19"){ 
                                      
                                        $_SESSION['attackDrone']="25"; 
                                        $_SESSION['defenseDrone']="20"; 
                                        $_SESSION['healthDrone']="20"; 

				echo "<strong>Enemy:</strong> Drone Alien<br/> 
				<strong>Attack:</strong> ".$_SESSION['attackDrone']."<br/>
				<strong>Defense:</strong> ".$_SESSION['defenseDrone']."<br/>
                                        <strong>Health:</strong> ".$_SESSION['healthDrone']."<br/>
				<strong>Money for Kill:</strong> 100<br/> 
				<strong>Experience:</strong> 10<br/>";

				if(!$_POST['confirm']){
					echo "<form action='fcenter.php?page=planet1' method='post'>
					<input type='radio' name='attack' value='Attack'/>Attack<br/>
					<input type='radio' name='attack' value='Flee'/> Flee <br/> 
					<input type='submit' name='confirm' value='Choose'/>
					</form> "; 
				}

				if($_POST['confirm']){ 
	                           
                                                         $i = $row['attack'];	
						if(intval($i) > 20){
                                                                $dam = $i-$_SESSION['defenseDrone'];
                                                                $_SESSION['healthDrone']=$_SESSION['healthDrone']-$dam; 

							echo "Testing HellO! ".$_SESSION['healthDrone'];

		                                }

						if(intval($i) < 20){ 
							echo "Hi"; 
						}



					else if($_POST['attack']=="Flee"){ 
						echo "Hi";  
					}

				}


			}
		}
	}
        }



echo "</td></tr></table>";
?>	

 

 

The part that isn't executing:

<?php
				if(!$_POST['confirm']){
					echo "<form action='fcenter.php?page=planet1' method='post'>
					<input type='radio' name='attack' value='Attack'/>Attack<br/>
					<input type='radio' name='attack' value='Flee'/> Flee <br/> 
					<input type='submit' name='confirm' value='Choose'/>
					</form> "; 
				}

				if($_POST['confirm']){ 
	                           
                                                         $i = $row['attack'];	
						if(intval($i) > 20){
                                                                $dam = $i-$_SESSION['defenseDrone'];
                                                                $_SESSION['healthDrone']=$_SESSION['healthDrone']-$dam; 

							echo "Testing HellO! ".$_SESSION['healthDrone'];

		                                }

						if(intval($i) < 20){ 
							echo "Hi"; 
						}



					else if($_POST['attack']=="Flee"){ 
						echo "Hi";  
					}

				}

?>

 

 

Any ideas?! 

[oni-kun]

Your syntax is wrong for the first part, 'else if' should be 'elseif', it should've thrown an error if it got to that.

else if($_POST['attack']=="Flee"){

Should be:

elseif($_POST['attack']=="Flee"){

Other than that there shouldn't be much of a reason from the code you provided that it doesn't work.

[mikesta707]

um.. no else if and elseif are both perfectly fine.

[Cetanu]

Oh noez! What could it be, then?  :confused:

[ignace]

Your syntax is wrong for the first part, 'else if' should be 'elseif', it should've thrown an error if it got to that.

else if($_POST['attack']=="Flee"){

Should be:

elseif($_POST['attack']=="Flee"){

Other than that there shouldn't be much of a reason from the code you provided that it doesn't work.

 

That's not true else if is perfectly valid syntax

[oni-kun]

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.elseif.php

The example says it won't even compile, nevermind then.

[ignace]

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.elseif.php

The example says it won't even compile, nevermind then.

 

That's true in the case of:

 

if($a > $b):
    echo $a." is greater than ".$b;
else if($a == $b): // Will not compile.
    echo "The above line causes a parse error.";
endif;

 

But I didn't see any shorthand notations

[mikesta707]

else if will only not compile when using a colon to define you if statement, like so

elseif($a == $b):
    echo $a." equals ".$b;

 

the following is perfectly fine:

if ($a > $b) {
    echo "a is bigger than b";
} elseif ($a == $b) {
    echo "a is equal to b";
} else {
    echo "a is smaller than b";
}

 

while the following will NOT work

if($a > $b):
    echo $a." is greater than ".$b;
else if($a == $b): // Will not compile.
    echo "The above line causes a parse error.";
endif;

 

 

Sorry if i sounded like an ass

[Cetanu]

I don't see any errors or anything, would anyone  want to test out the page to see what I mean?

[oni-kun]

I'm so tired 

$_POST['attack']=="Flee"

If it is not executing that, even though you said for it to, echo every step of the way what the values of $_POST['attack'] are so you can pin down why it is not displaying.

[Cetanu]

Okay, I'm going to try and find the error...

 

 

 

If anyone wants to try it:

 

http://mythscape.freezoka.com/logindex.php

Login there with Username: test Password: test

 

Then click this:

http://mythscape.freezoka.com/chrisrpg/fcenter.php?page=planet1

 

Click "aliens" then SEARCH. If the search returns a blank then refresh the page and do it again till it comes up with an enemy.

 

 

EDIT:

WAIT. Could it have anything to do with using a SWITCH?

[Cetanu]

Wait, nevermind the switch.

 

 

Rather than have the form action be itself, I copied the if statements after the last form into a new file and made the form's action enemy.php

 

IT WORKED. But why wouldn't it execute in the main page?