[SOLVED] Case Problem

[SkyRanger]

I am having a problem, which I am not sure if is even possible.  With this I keep getting a white page:

 

 

$formhere = if($submit) { mysql insert stuff here }else{ echo "showform"; };

$replyaccess = $rowreply["replies"];
}
switch ($replyaccess) {
  case 0:
    $allowreplies = "";
    break;
  case 1:
    $allowreplies = "
	       <table width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\" border=\"0\" class=\"bordercolor\">
		<tr class=\"titlebg\">
			<td align=\"center\" colspan=\"2\" class=\"largetext\">Comments</td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td class=\"windowbg\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 7px;\">
<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse\" bordercolor=\"#111111\" width=\"100%\" id=\"AutoNumber1\">
<tr>
   <td width=\"100%\" colspan=\"2\">$formhere</td>
  </tr>
</table>
				</td>
		</tr>
	</table>";
    break;
  }

echo $allowreplies; 

 

If i remove the $formhere it works no problem.

[trq]

if does not return a value, your code makes little sense.

[SkyRanger]

If I remove this:

 

$formhere = if($submit) { 
                 mysql insert stuff here 
                 } else { 
                 echo "showform"; 
                 }

 

Everything displays no problem.  I can put in $formhere = "Show form"; and works without problem. but I cannot figure out how to do the other.

 

 

The

echo $allowreplies; 

shows no problem.  The 0 is suppose to be empty.

[trq]

but I cannot figure out how to do the other.

 

What other? As I said, the code you posted makes little sense. if does not return a value so you can't assign a variable to its return.

 

Explain... in words what it is exactly you are trying to do.

 

Maybe you are looking for the ternary operator.

 

$formhere = $submit ? domysqlstuff() : showform();

[SkyRanger]

I am having a problem putting this into the case 1: allowreplies = "postedcodehere";

 

I am trying to figure out how to put:

 

if($submit) {
$sql = "insert into........";
} else {
<form method=post action=reply.php>
Reply: <input type=text name=reply>
<input type=submit name=submit value=Submit>
} 

 

Not sure if I explained it properly.

[trq]

Not sure if I explained it properly.

 

Nope, still not understanding. Maybe you should read the link in my signiture. How to ask....

[radar]

Try it like this..

 

<?php

if (!$submit) {
echo "show form"

$replyaccess = $rowreply["replies"];
switch ($replyaccess) {
  case 0:
    $allowreplies = "";
    break;
  case 1:
    $allowreplies = '
	       <table width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" border="0" class="bordercolor">
		<tr class="titlebg">
			<td align="center" colspan="2" class="largetext">Comments</td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td class="windowbg" valign="top" style="padding: 7px;">
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber1">
<tr>
   <td width="100%" colspan="2">$formhere</td>
  </tr>
</table>
				</td>
		</tr>
	</table>';
    break;
  }

echo $allowreplies; 
} else {
// mysql stuff here
}
?>

 

see what that does....

[SkyRanger]

Ok thorpe, sorry, After reading my own posts I lost myself. Now I see where you are coming from.  Going to try this again.

 

 

User enters page: comments.php

 

 

The page checks the mysql to see if:

 

$rowreply["replies"]; = 0 or 1

 

If = 0 then it doesn't echo anything

 

If it = 1 then it echos the html/php and mysql stuff.

 

case 1:
$allowreplies = "<table width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\" border=\"0\" class=\"bordercolor\">
		<tr class=\"titlebg\">
			<td align=\"center\" colspan=\"2\" class=\"largetext\">Comments</td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td class=\"windowbg\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 7px;\">
<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse\" bordercolor=\"#111111\" width=\"100%\" id=\"AutoNumber1\">
<tr>
   <td width=\"100%\" colspan=\"2\">$formhere</td>
  </tr>
</table>
				</td>
		</tr>
	</table>";
    break;
  }

 

What I am trying to do is get the $formhere located in case 1:

<tr>
   <td width=\"100%\" colspan=\"2\">$formhere</td>
  </tr>

to be

if($submit) {
$sql = "insert into table..........
} else {
echo a form here
}

 

But everytime I try adding the if($submit) ... I get a white page, when I remove it, everything shows correctly.

 

Hopefully this time I explained this a little better. That page has allot of good info thorpe, thanks.

 

 

[trq]

Sorry, but your logic still makes little sense. Yove explained it well enough, it just doesn't seem a logical solution.

 

Why do you have the swithc at all if only 1 option is going to do anything.

 

As for this part....

 

if($submit) {
$sql = "insert into table..........
} else {
echo a form here
}

 

If the form is submitted, you want $formhere to hold what? The response from the db query? eg true / false. Otherwise you want it to hold your form?

 

Sorry, just seems an over complicated approuch to a rather simple problem.

[SkyRanger]

I am still learning PHP/MySQL, I have picked up allot of time, and not sure if there is an easier way to do this or not.

 

That is why I am using the switch.  If the entry is 0 then don't show if 1 then show.

 

This will active when the user clicks on the outer link  comment.php?id=124 it will load the comment page and if entry 124 has an replies of 0 then don't show the form but if has a replies of 1 then shows the form.

[per1os]

<?php
$submit = (isset($_POST['submit']))?true:false;
$replyaccess = $rowreply["replies"];
switch ($replyaccess) {
 case 0:
   $allowreplies = "";
   break;
 case 1:
   $allowreplies = '
	       <table width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" border="0" class="bordercolor">
		<tr class="titlebg">
			<td align="center" colspan="2" class="largetext">Comments</td>
		</tr><tr>
			<td class="windowbg" valign="top" style="padding: 7px;">
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber1">';
  if ($submit) {
       // do insert here
   }else {
     $allowreplies .= '<tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="2">$formhere</td>
 </tr>';
   }
$allowreplies .= '</table>
				</td>
		</tr>
	</table>';
   break;
 }

echo $allowreplies; 

?>

 

Does that work ???

[SkyRanger]

Awesome, so far so good frost, thanks.  I will mark topic solved as soon as I finish setting the script to let you know that It works perfectly the way I need it.  Keeping fingers crossed.