The if Else statement

[Mackey18]

Hello, me again, I am trying to do this statement, when I type in this code, it doesn't work:

 

if ( $name == "Kevin" ) {

  echo( "Welcome, oh glorious leader!" );

} else {

  echo( "Welcome, $name!" );

}

 

Can you teach me how to do it?

[Mackey18]

What about this one aswell?

 

if ( "Kevin" == $firstname and "Yank" == $lastname ) {

  echo( "Welcome, oh glorious leader!" );

}

 

which goes with the form I put in:

 

<FORM ACTION="welcome.php" METHOD=GET>

First Name: <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="firstname"><BR>

Last Name: <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="lastname">

<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="GO">

</FORM>

[Mark Baker]

If you're using a form to submit the values, then they're accessed withing the form action script using the $_GET or $_POST superglobal arrays (assuming tou have register globals disabled, as you should)

 

if ( $_GET["firstname"] == "Kevin" ) {
  echo( "Welcome, oh glorious leader!" );
} else {
  echo( "Welcome, ".$_GET["firstname"]."!" );
}

[Mackey18]

Thank you, it worked perfectly!! just a quick question, what does the "!" mean near the end here: else {

  echo( "Welcome, ".$_GET["firstname"]."!" );

}

 

Thanks again, you're a life saver!

[Mackey18]

Oh sorry, that is the ! after the firstname isn't it!?

[dezkit]

Yeah.