[SOLVED] Variables not listening!

[cooldude832]

I'm trying to validate a form and I have this

<?php
$email = trim($_POST['email']);
$name = trim($_POST['name']);
if (!eregi("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$", $email)){
	$error_email == "Invalid Email";
}
if(3 > strlen($name)){
	$error_name == "Name was empty";
}
if(empty($error_name) && empty($error_email)){
$password = gen_string(5);
	$password_2 = md5($password);
	//connectSQL();
	$q = "Insert into `".F_TABLE."` (email, name) values ('".$email."', '".$name."')";
	//$r = mysql_query($q) or die(mysql_error());
	//$userID = mysql_insert_id();
	$added = 1;
}
}
?>

and for some strange reason I can post the name with a strlen <3 and even echo it out saying the length is and it still validates it. The same with the email (i know the regex pattern is valid, even if it isn't it shouldn't validate on a blank)

 

It is validating blanks, anything everything when that shouldn't be the case I'm really confused here

[cooldude832]

go ahead call me an idiot i had == on them I need to slow down my typing

[pocobueno1388]

These lines shouldn't have two equal signs

$error_email == "Invalid Email";
$error_name == "Name was empty";

 

EDIT Hah, yeah, I was just typing that out as you can see above. Did that fix the problem? Nevermind, I see that you pressed solved.

 

 

[cooldude832]

I'm working on someone else's server so I was so quick to accuse that of my woes, and == looks like a single = in my editor so I didn't think of anything.  I spent a good half hour scratching my head