[SOLVED] Creating an if statment made out of variables.

[pocobueno1388]

What I am trying to do is create an if statement that is made out of purely variables, but I am having trouble getting it to work properly.

 

Here is my code, I will comment through it to help you understand:

<?php
   
   //I select the fields I am dealing with from the database.
   $funInfo = mysql_query("SELECT discipline, height FROM horses WHERE horseID='$horseID'");
   $f = mysql_fetch_assoc($funInfo);

   //Here are the two variables I am working with
   $stat = trim($split_first[0]); //echos out "discipline"
   $split_first[1]; //This variable got it's value earlier in the script. It echos out "== 'western' "

   //Build the IF statment
   if ($f[$stat].$split_first[1]){
       echo 'The statement is true!';
    }
?>

 

So I am basically trying to get this line:

if ($f[$stat].$split_first[1]){

 

to be read as an if statement by PHP that should look something like this:

if (english == 'western'){

 

But for some reason it is always returning true....and it shouldn't.

 

Any advice on how to build this if statement with variables would be greatly appreciated. Thanks xD

[game2002]

try strcmp function.

if (strcmp(tolower($str1), tolower($str2) == 0)

// they are equal.

[pocobueno1388]

Ah, thanks. The strcmp() function is just what I was looking for.