Null String

ryclem

I get a parse error with the following code....I just want the if statement to print if condition 1 and $row['description'] !="" is true....meaning only if there is a value for $row['description']...

any thoughts....

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
if ($row['date']==$cal_date)&& ($row['description'] != " ")

{print "<td class='tcell' bgcolor=#CCCCCC valign=\"top\" height=\"100\">$d   $row[description]</td>";
}
else {print "<td class='tcell' bgcolor=#CCCCCC valign=\"top\" height=\"100\">$d  yuck</td>";
}
}

Anon

instead of this:

if ($row['date']==$cal_date)&& ($row['description'] != " ")

try this:

if ($row['date']==$cal_date)&& $row['description'])

figment

be careful there,
testing for:

$row[\'description\'] != \" \"

versus

$row[\'description\']

can give two different results.
if $row[\'description\'] exists but is not null you might get some suprising answers!

chris wrote:

instead of this:

if ($row[\'date\']==$cal_date)&& ($row[\'description\'] != \" \")

try this:

if ($row[\'date\']==$cal_date)&& $row[\'description\'])