[SOLVED] newbie PHP Question

[chaddsuk]

Hi im having issues figureing out how the if statement works correctly

 

im using the following...

 

 

<?php

    $var = 5;

    if ($var == 5)

   

(

        echo "var was true<br>";

)

 

        ?>

 

ive found that if i remove the curly braces around my echo it works, but if i do that i cant insert code independent of the IF statment?

 

Im using PHP5 btw

 

any help would be appreciated

 

cheers

 

chris

 

 

[nikefido]

$var = 5;
     if ($var == 5) 
{
        echo "var was true";
}

 

use curly braces - you use () for the statement you are testing and {} for the code you want done

 

I'm not sure what you mean by "independent of the if statement" ?

 

you can add all the code you want that's not within the IF statement:

 

$var = 5; //this is independent of the if statement
     if ($var == 5) 
{
        echo "var was true";
}
//any code here will be independent of the IF statement

[chaddsuk]

hi thanks for that, was being stupid!

 

thanks for your help