empty if/else???

[The Little Guy]

I have never done this, but I have an if/else statement, and if I don't want anything to happen in the if statement, should I leave it empty or is there something that I could add???

 

A simple example (my actual code is much longer):

<?php
if(empty($_POST['fname'])){

}else{
     $name = $_POST['fname']
     mysql_query("INSERT INTO name(`first`) VALUES ('$name'));
}
?>

[trq]

<?php
if(!empty($_POST['fname'])){
     $name = $_POST['fname']
     mysql_query("INSERT INTO name(`first`) VALUES ('$name'));
}
?>

[kenrbnsn]

Why don't you just test for the "false" condition:

<?php
if (!empty($_POST['fname'])) {
   $name = mysql_real_escape_string(stripslashes($_POST['name']));
   $rs mysql_query("INSERT INTO name(`first`) VALUES ('$name'));
}?>

 

Ken

[The Little Guy]

I was just wondering if there was something for the if, that was similar to loops break statement.