unexpected T_IF

[jarv]

Please help, I get the following php error: unexpected T_IF

 

 

here is my code:

echo '<input type="radio" name="BGimageID" value="'.$row2['BGimageID'].'"  '.if($row2['pages.BGimageID']==$row2['bgimages.BGimageID']){ echo " checked" }' /><img src="../images/'.$row2['BGimage'].'" width="150" />';

[dannon]

 

Please help, I get the following php error: unexpected T_IF

 

 

here is my code:

echo '<input type="radio" name="BGimageID" value="'.$row2['BGimageID'].'"  '.if($row2['pages.BGimageID']==$row2['bgimages.BGimageID']){ echo " checked" }' /><img src="../images/'.$row2['BGimage'].'" width="150" />';

You cannot use the 'if' keyword in the middle of functions or variable assignments. Take a look at this http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.expressions.php

 

 

Sorry for horrible wording. 

Edited May 29, 2013 by dannon

[gizmola]

As Dannon pointed out, you can not concatenate a string onto a language construct (in this case your if statement).

 

However, since your goal is output html in this section of code, I'd recommend that you utilize PHP's ability to intermix html and php code.

 

<?php
// prior code here
// Now end php block
?>

<input type="radio" name="BGimageID" value="<?= $row2['BGimageID'] ?>"
    <?= $row2['pages.BGimageID'] == $row2['bgimages.BGimageID'] ? ' checked' : ''; ?>
/>
<img src="../images/<?= $row2['BGimage'] ?>" width="150" />

<?php 
  //More php code if needed