Compare variable with multiple words

[kvnirvana]

I need to compare the variable $q to multiple words (the, wood, host). Tried to do it like this but it doesn’t work. So if one of these words appears it will echo “his” otherwise it will echo “her”

 

<TR><br><p style='font-family:verdana;font-size:150%;'>how many {$_GET['ber']},  {$_GET['nn']}  are "; If ($q == 'the') or ($q == ’wood’) or ($q == ’host’) 
{ 
Echo " his $q?</p>"; 
        } 
Else{ 
Echo " her $q?</p>"; 
}  

[jammesz]

Syntax error:

If ($q == 'the') or ($q == ’wood’) or ($q == ’host’) 

 

Should be:

if (($q == 'the') or ($q == ’wood’) or ($q == ’host’)) 

[mikosiko]

I will do it in this way:

 

 

$words = array('the', 'wood', 'host');  // Replace or add all the words that you wantif (in_array($q, $words) {  echo " his $q?</p>";{ else {  echo " her $q?</p>";}

 

 

[jammesz]

thats a better way of doing it but again you've missed out a ) character.

 

if (in_array($q, $words) {

 

should be:

 

if (in_array($q, $words)) {

 

[mikosiko]

thanks... just typing too fast

[Psycho]

That will work fine as long as you want the comparisons to be case sensitive. i.e. "wood" != "Wood".

 

If you need the comparison to be case insensitive you can do something similar to what you had before using strcasecmp()

 

 

if(strcasecmp($q, 'the')==0 || strcasecmp($q, 'wood')==0 || strcasecmp($q, 'host')==0)

 

 

[kvnirvana]

Thanks a lot for your help, very much appriciated :=)