script executes the 'IF' -AND- the 'ELSE'!! how can that happend?

[itay]

when I run my script. it goes through the IF statement, and executes what's inside the brackets. then it proceed to the ELSE and execute it as well!!

 

how can it be?

 

 

this is the snippet from my code:

 

if (preg_match_all("/$regexp/siU", $f04_extrapages_a, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER)) {
	echo '<font color="gold">if!</font>';
	foreach($matches as $match) { 
		# $match[2] = link address 
		$seqlink=$match[2];
	}		    
	if (preg_match('/next_button_inactive/',$f04_extrapages_a)) {
		if ($log==1) echo date('h:i:s') . "End of results.<br />";
		return '1';
	}
	else {
		$seqlink="http://www.411.com".$seqlink;
		if ($log==1) echo date('h:i:s') . "sequel link: $seqlink<br />";    
		return $seqlink;
	}
}
else {
	echo '<font color="gold">else!</font>';
	if ($log==1) echo date('h:i:s') . "<strong><font color='red'>F**K! <I>preg_match_all(\"/$regexp/siU\", $f04_extrapages_a, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER)</i> HAS FAILED!</font></strong>";
	return '0';
}

 

here is a snippet from the output I get:

 

if!07:17:44sequel link: http://www.411.com/business?key=hair+salon&page=2&t=0bf2bc88f69d4364883a782fe9dfd06c&where=11103

else!07:17:44F**K! preg_match_all("/]*href=("??)([^" >]*?)\1[^>]*>(.*)<\/a>/siU", , Array, PREG_SET_ORDER) HAS FAILED!07:17:44:

[DaiLaughing]

I can't see it either.  I'm not saying I would have done it that way but I can't see the problem.  Have you tried deleting various bits until the problem goes away?  Or delete everything except the two gold echoes and then add stuff back in.

[itay]

i've disabled the RETURN command at the end of inner ELSE, and it fixed the issue! weird...

 

//			return $seqlink;

 

but still no good, because I need that RETURN.

 

(this code snippet is a part of a function)

 

 

[gwolgamott]

Try a if(pregmatch()) - elseif(!pregmatch()) statement just to see if that works. There must be some logic that I do not see either that must have an issue.

 

The return messing it up is odd. Maybe something with that variable?