Nathan Rixham wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>> PJ wrote:
>>> And again, this works:
>>> if (strlen($_POST["first_nameIN"]) == 0 ) {
>>> $obligatoryFieldNotPresent = 1; ...
>>>
>>> this does not:
>>>
>>> if (strlen($_POST["first_nameIN"]) > 0 ) &&
>>> (strlen($_POST["last_nameIN"]) > 0 ) { echo $first_nameIN, " ",
>>> $last_nameIN);
>>> else (echo "error";)}
>>>
>>> But, $first_nameIn and $last_nameIN do echo their contents without the
>>> if clause and we see that the first if clause does work... what am I
>>> doing wrong, again?
>>
>> Firstly please learn to indent your code (I don't care if this is
>> just an example of your code, make it easier for everyone who's
>> trying to help you). It's much easier to read this:
>>
>> if (strlen($_POST["first_nameIN"]) > 0 ) &&
>> (strlen($_POST["last_nameIN"]) > 0 ) {
>> echo $first_nameIN, " ", $last_nameIN;
>> } else {
>> echo "error";
>> }
>>
>> If you want help we're not going to spend a long time reformatting
>> your code to try and understand it.
>>
>> Now to the problem.
>>
>> Are both first_nameIN AND last_nameIN longer than 0 chars?
>>
>> var_dump($_POST['first_nameIN']);
>> var_dump($_POST['last_nameIN']);
>>
>> maybe you only filled in first_name or last_name but not both.
>>
>
> syntax.. your brackets are all over the place
>
> your wrote:
>
> if (strlen($_POST["first_nameIN"]) > 0 ) &&
> (strlen($_POST["last_nameIN"]) > 0 ) {
> echo $first_nameIN, " ", $last_nameIN;
> } else {
> echo "error";
> }
>
> should be:
>
> if( (strlen($_POST["first_nameIN"]) > 0) &&
> (strlen($_POST["last_nameIN"]) > 0) ) {
> echo $first_nameIN, " ", $last_nameIN;
> } else {
> echo "error";
> }
>
> weirdly spaced but easier to read version *throws coding standards out
> the window*:
>
> if(
> (strlen($_POST["first_nameIN"]) > 0)
> &&
> (strlen($_POST["last_nameIN"]) > 0)
> )
> {
> echo $first_nameIN, " ", $last_nameIN;
> }
> else
> {
> echo "error";
> }
>
> regards
>
Oooops, so it was only the parentheses... =-O
Thanks, it works now. I do find it confusing just when and where to put
the brackets...
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