if($_GET is equal to something

[brem13]

im trying to get an if statement working but it doesnt seem to want to see if the get statement is equal to something

$sent = $_GET['message'];
if($sent=="sent")

 

i also tried

if($_GET['message']=="sent")

neither work, any suggestions?

[kenrbnsn]

Try

<?php
if (isset($_GET['message']) && $_GET['message'] == 'sent') {
//
// do something
//
}
?>

 

Ken

[brem13]

thank you, i tried that and still the same thing

modified code to look like

if (isset($_GET['message']) && $_GET['message'] == 'sent') 
	mysql_query("DELETE FROM sent WHERE id = '$id' AND userto = '$userLoggedIn'");
else
	mysql_query("DELETE FROM messages WHERE id = '$id' AND userto = '$userLoggedIn'");

and the url is  messages.php?id=4&message=sent&delPerm=yes

[kenrbnsn]

At the top of your script put

<?php
echo '<pre>' . print_r($_GET,true) . '</pre>';
?>

This will show you the $_GET array.

 

Ken

[brem13]

Array

(

    [id] => 4

    [message] => sent

    [delPerm] => yes

)

[kenrbnsn]

How do you know it's not working?

 

If you change the "if" statement to be:

<?php
if (isset($_GET['message']) && $_GET['message'] == 'sent') {
    echo "is sent<br>\n";
} else {
    echo "is NOT sent<br>\n";
}
?>

What is display?

 

Ken

[brem13]

ok, it worked, i had my select statement trying to delete from the wrong field, sorry, and thanks again!