EASY "if" statement help

[Anon]

I have the following code snippet:

---

if ($row["post_url"] == "") {
} else {
echo "<br><a href='" . $row["post_url"] . "'>" . $row["post_url"] . "</a>";

}

the value of "post_url" is a text string, not an integer, so the == is inappropriate. What is the correct thing to use here?

Thanks in advance,
Caleb Newville
([e-mail])

[crazney]

no, its fine.. whats the problem though?

also, you may want:

if (!$row["post_url"] == "") {
echo "<br><a href='" . $row["post_url"] . "'>" . $row["post_url"] . "</a>";
}

instead...

[[deleted]]

Don't you mean

if ($row["post_url"] != "")
{
echo "<br><a href='" . $row["post_url"] . "'>" . $row["post_url"] . "</a>";
}

[Anon]

Bleh, I said it was easy, I wonder why I didn't know that. Thanks!