[SOLVED] echo "<td>if($row[name] == "","-",$row[name])</td>" error

[sayedsohail]

hi,

 

Any idea why i am getting error?  here is my code:

 

echo "<td>if($row[name] == "","-",$row[name])</td>"

 

[Balmung-San]

1. You can't put an if statement within an echo statement.

2. You can't put an if statement in double quotes unless you wish to echo the if statement itself.

3. Your if statement is very malformed, what are you trying to do with it?

[Psycho]

You are putting PHP coed within the string you are trying to echo. You can do that with variables, butnot whole code. Plus your code is not formatted correctly.

 

echo "<td>" . (($row[name]=="")?"XXX":$row[name]) . "</td>";

 

[sayedsohail]

Basically i want to add '-' if the field is empty, in the table column.

[Jessica]

if(!$row[name]){

  $foo = '-';

}else{

  $foo = $row[name];

}

echo "<td>$foo</td>"

[sayedsohail]

thanks, but how could i check all my fields in while loop to print '-' if any of the fields are empty. since the earlier method is quite heavy for the processing time if i place if condition on every field.

[Jessica]

Make an array of your fieldnames and loop.

$foos = array('name', 'address', 'phone');
foreach($foos AS $bar){
   if(!$row[$bar]){
      $foo = '-';
   }else{
      $foo = $row[$bar];
   }
   print "<td>$foo</td>";
}

[sayedsohail]

if empty($name){print"<td>-</td>";}else{print"<td>$name</td>";}

 

I don't know what's wrong with this statement.

 

[Balmung-San]

You need to do if(empty($name)).

[sayedsohail]

Thanks a million.

[Psycho]

You can do it with this one liner:

 

echo "<td>" . (empty($name)?"XXX":$row[name]) . "</td>";