On Jan 3, 2013, at 11:49 AM, Marc Guay <marc.guay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I just ran this: > > if (($a = "foo") || ($b = "bar")){ > echo $a."<br />".$b; > } > > and it only spat out "foo" so I'm guessing things have changed. :) > > Marc Marc et al: I joined late into this conversation, so I may be missing the point, but you want to discus strangeness try this: <?php if (($a = 'foo') | ($b = 'bar')) // <-- note the single pipe ( | ) { echo "$a <br > $b"; } else { echo 'Neither are populated'; } ?> However, the above practice of using one '=' is questionable -- the following is better. <?php $a = 'foo'; $b = 'bar'; if (($a == 'foo') | ($b == 'bar')) { echo "$a <br > $b"; } else { echo 'Neither are populated'; } ?> Comment out the variables to see how things work. Also change the number of pipes to see how things change. To the more accomplished programmers reading this, here's a question: What's the difference between using one pipe or two in an 'if' statement? :-) Cheers, tedd _____________________ tedd@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://sperling.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php