[SOLVED] defining variables within IF statements

[fatalkaiser]

Can it be done? Ive been searching the net for ages looking for tutorials or examples and i cant find anything

 

What im trying to do is something like this

 

<?

if ($variable == "blah")

{

$a = 1;

$b = 2;

$c = 3;

};

{

echo ($e . $f . $g);

};

?>

 

Ive tried about a hundred different ways of doing it, but none of them print the three variables.

 

Can someone tell me what im doing wrong or give me the correct coding for this?

 

 

[paul2463]

why the braces around the echo statement

<?php
if ($variable == "blah")
{
$a = 1;
$b = 2;
$c = 3;
};

echo "$a , $b , $c"; //would print out to screen 1 , 2 , 3 as long as $variable was equal to "blah"

?>