Maybe it's also an idea to close the <strong> tag ;-) to make life easier: if ($n=$Pagenum) { print '<strong>'.$n.'</strong>'; }else{ print '<a href="pag_gallery.php?Pagenum='.$n.'">'.$n.'</a>'; } On 4/25/05, Ryan A <ryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey, > This is a common mistake...have a look at what you wrote: > > >if ($n=$Pagenum) {print ' <strong> ' . $n;} > > take a look again....see the problem? > > The above will always validate to true...reason being...you gotto use the > equal to equal to instead of just equal to...like this: > > if ($n==$Pagenum) {print ' <strong> ' . $n;} > > Hope that helped. > > Cheers, > Ryan > > On 4/25/2005 6:40:24 PM, Ed Dorsch (edorsch@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > Thanks Ryan! > > > > > > > > I'm having a difficult time, though, with the exact syntax. And where, > exactly, to nest the If > then. I tried this, but it didn't > > work. Nothing displayed and I think it got caught in an endless loop: > > > > > > > > $max=20; > > > > $max++; > > > > for ($n = 1; $n < $max; $n++) > > > > > > > > if ($n=$Pagenum) {print ' <strong> ' . $n;} > > > > > > > > else > > > > > > > > {print ' <a href="pag_gallery.php?Pagenum='.$n.'"'.'>'.$n.'</a>';} > > > > print ' <br><br>'; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Ryan A [mailto:ryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 8:47 AM > > > > To: Ed Dorsch > > > > Cc: php > > > > Subject: Re: link generating script > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/25/2005 5:23:16 PM, Ed Dorsch (edorsch@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > > > > > > I'm scripting a photo gallery page that generates links (1 through $max), > > sends the selected number in the url, then displays a set of photos based > on > > the number. However, I want it to display the number of the current > gallery > > diffe > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.2 - Release Date: 4/21/2005 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- http://www.getfirefox.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php