[SOLVED] If statement using two strings separated by "or" command will not work...

[Chappers]

Could someone please help me resolve this problem with an if statement?

 

Can't get this to work:

 

if ($current != 'employed' || 'unemployed') {
echo "Neither";
}

 

Whereas if I were to use one like this, with an equal instead of not equal, it works fine:

 

if ($current == 'employed' || 'unemployed') {
echo "Both";
}

 

Is there something obvious I'm missing?

[pocobueno1388]

if ($current != 'employed' || $current != 'unemployed') {

[Barand]

<?php


if (($current == 'employed') || ($current == 'unemployed')) {
echo "Either<br>";
}
        
if (($current != 'employed') && ($current != 'unemployed')) {
echo "Neither<br>";
}


if (($current != 'employed') || ($current != 'unemployed')) {
echo "Always prints, no matter what value \$current contains";
}
?>

[Chappers]

Sorry pocobueno1388, I should have pointed out that I'd tried your method already with no luck.

 

Barand, you've come to my rescue and stopped me pulling any more hair out. Thank you very much. Although to get it to work I had to put it all inside one set of parenthesis, instead of two, within the statment.