Using if empty with two items

[dprichard]

I am trying to say if $_Post and $_Session are empty set the variable $dcparent to equal 1, but it doesn't like what I am doing.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

if(isset($_POST['dcparent'])) {
$dcparent = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['dcparent']);
}

if(isset($_SESSION['dcparent'])) {
$dcparent = mysql_real_escape_string($_SESSION['dcparent']);
}

if(empty($_POST['dcparent']) && (empty($_SESSION['dcparent'])) {
$dcparent = 1;
}

[ToonMariner]

before you go through those if statements echo out the two vars... what they are ad then you can check your logic.

[dprichard]

So, are you saying echo out the post and the session and if they equal zero then set dcparent to 1?

 

Sorry, just started hand coding everything based on the recommendation of a moderator so I am kinda new to some of this.

[redarrow]

Try this ok.

 

fully working tested.

 

with a form.

<?php session_start();

$_SESSION['dcparent']=$a;
$b=$dcparent;

if(isset($_POST['submit'])){

if(empty($_POST['a']) && (empty($_POST['b'])))) {
$b = 1;
}
}
echo $b;
?>

 

without a form

<?php session_start();

$_SESSION['dcparent']=$a;
$b=$dcparent;

if( (empty($_POST['a']) && (empty($_POST['b'])))) {
$b = 1;
}

echo $b;
?>

[ToonMariner]

just echo them first liek so...

 

<?php
echo "POSTdcparent = ". $_POST['dcparent'] . " &  SESSIONdcparent = " . $_SESSION['dcparent'] . " |<br />";

$dcparent = NULL;

if(isset($_POST['dcparent'])) {
$dcparent = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['dcparent']);
}
echo "new par = " . $dcparent . "<br />";
if(isset($_SESSION['dcparent'])) {
$dcparent = mysql_real_escape_string($_SESSION['dcparent']);
}
echo "new par = " . $dcparent . "<br />";
if(empty($_POST['dcparent']) && (empty($_SESSION['dcparent'])) {
$dcparent = 1;
}

echo "new par = " . $dcparent . "<br />";
?>

 

See what the are and which if statement is setting a value...