else if statement

[Anon]

Hi,
I want to pass a language variable to another page using lang= there will be english, french, german, or italian.
Below is my code,

if($lang == "italian") {
echo 'Ciao';
else if($lang == "german") {
echo 'Guten Tag';
else if($lang == "french") {
echo 'Bonjour';
} else {
echo 'Hello';
}

I can get it to work if its just 'if', and then an 'else' statement. But if i try 'else if' statement i get a parse error. Does anyone know why?

[[deleted]]

You are missing a lot of } brackets before the 'else'

if (this)
{
// do something
}
else if (that)
{
// do somethingelse
}
else
{
// do somethingelse
};

[Anon]

Jesus i'm thick! Your right, that fixed it, can't believe i missed them out.
Thanks
Vincent

[[deleted]]

giggle

[stephanie]

Alternatively, you could use:

switch ($lang) {

case 'italian' : echo "Ciao"; break;
case 'german' : echo "Guten Tag"; break;
case 'french' : echo "Bonjour"; break;

}