On Monday 26 June 2006 13:10, Alex Major wrote: > Hi list. > Basically, I'm still learning new things about php and I was wondering if > things inside an if statement get 'looked at' by a script if the condition > is false. > For example, would this mysql query get executed if $number = 0 ? > > If ($number == 1) { > mysql_query($blah) > } Nope. That's the definition of an if statement (conditional), in any language. If the text fails, the contents of the block never happen. -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas Jefferson -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php