PHP if statement not working

[Mr.Canuck]

Hey everyone. I had some great help on here so far with this and as a result I have written an if statement so that a part of the code is not executed when a certain page is displayed.

 

So, if you look at the following piece of code, you will see that I want to exclude this code from executing only when the page "products" is displayed. The full URL of that page is: http://store.scrapbookingfanatics.com/index.php?cpage=products

 

For some reason, the div id "rightside" and the "showCart" and "showSidebar" are still being executed when the products page is displayed. It is my understanding that the following if statement should prevent this from happening. Am I missing something??

 

Thanks,

 

<?php
if(!$cpage == "products"){
?>

<div id="rightside">

<?php if($this->showCart()) $this->cartPnl->Render(); ?>

<div style="clear: both;">
<?php if($this->showSideBar()) $this->sidePnl->Render(); ?>
</div>

</div>

<?php
}
?>
</div>

[Wolphie]

No, the correct way of doing this would be:

 

if ($cpage != 'product') {
  // code
}

[Mr.Canuck]

Thanks for the reply. I just did that and it is still not working. The sidebar is still showing up here: http://store.scrapbookingfanatics.com/index.php?cpage=products

[zeodragonzord]

I believed I helped you earlier regarding the conditional for the login page.  The logic is the same, similar to what Wolphie has.  Notice the !=, meaning 'not equal'.

 

[Mr.Canuck]

Yes, I do understand and I appreciate the clarification. However, now that I have it written correctly, why is it not working? That's what I don't understand.

[zeodragonzord]

Check the spelling of the value you are comparing.  I noticed that Wolphie gave an example using "product" but your code has "products".  See if that's it.

[Mr.Canuck]

Good thought. I double checked and I do have "products" in the code (it matches).

[Wolphie]

Sorry, I wasn't paying complete attention to your code. I noticed the error straight away and thought I'd post without knowing the exact conditions.

[Mr.Canuck]

No worries. Thanks for your input. From what I understand, it SHOULD be working now. Not sure what's going on

[Mr.Canuck]

Thank you ALL for your help. I had to add: $cpage = $_GET['cpage'];  to my code and now it is working!

 

Cheers,