[SOLVED] need help with parameter

[Joefunkx]

Hey guys, here's my problem-

I am calling a page with a parameter and I want to be able to condition code on that page depending on the parameter.

 

The link i use is this-

<A HREF="test.php?agent=test">

 

the test.php file consists of the following-

 

<?php

echo $_GET['agent'];

if ($agent="blah") {

  echo "Have a nice weekend!";

}

?>

 

the output on that page is-

 

test Have a nice weekend!

 

As you can see, it shouldn't be outputting the "Have a nice weekend!" statement as the agent parameter is "test", not "blah". Any help with this would be appreciated Thanks!

[jvrothjr]

<?php
echo $_GET['agent'];
if ($agent == "blah") {
  echo "Have a nice weekend!"; 
}
?>
[\code]

[akitchin]

in case it's not obvious, jvrothjr added an extra equal sign to your if() condition.  you were using one, which is simply an assignment, which will always evaluate to true.

 

you should also be using $_GET['agent'] in the if().

[Joefunkx]

I tried that code.. It doesn't display the "Have a nice weekend!" at all, which is good because "blah" isn't the value of AGENT. However, when i change code to $agent == "test", it still doesn't display "Have a nice weekend!" even though the condition is true.

[jvrothjr]

<?php
$agent = $_GET['agent'];
if ($agent == "blah") {echo "Have a nice weekend!";}
?>

OR  As akitchin stated

<?php
if ($_GET['agent'] == "blah") {echo "Have a nice weekend!";}
?>

[Joefunkx]

Nice, that works    I'm an idiot. Thanks guys