help with conditional req.

[craigh]

Hi - I have the follwoing code:

if (file_exists("dbconnect.inc") == true) {
echo "dbconnect file exists";
include ("cookiecheck.inc"); //code checks for existence of cookie and sets userlevel //
if ($userlevel != 1) { //allow only owner//
echo "You are not authorized";
die();
}
} else {
echo "dbconnect file does not exist";
}

This doesn't work for some reason. The page prints out BOTH echo statements (i.e. "dbconnect file exists dbconnect file does not exist")

messed up! Anyone tell me why?

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Are you sure that this piece of code is the only part where the "dbconnect" lines can be printed?

[craigh]

yes - that is the only place.

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And you are sure that this code gets parsed only once?

[craigh]

Vincent-

I tried to mail you the code - did it arrive? I am pretty sure that the code only gets parsed once, though I must admit, I'm not sure I would know. - what causes things to be parsed more than once? (other than loops)

[craigh]

Vincent - thakns anyway - I fixed the problem. I had an open } in the include which was causing problems with the if statement. Thanks for your help!