logical or within an If statement

[Anon]

I am trying to write a script that will include a select menu in a form depending on what page the user has just come from.

$url = basename($HTTP_REFERER);

  if ($url == "index.htm" || "new_client.php")
  {
	include "client_list.inc";
	echo $url;
  }

If I eliminate the logical or, this script works and only include client_list.inc from the page stated in the if condition. If I keep the logical or, then the include file is included regardless or where the user came from. Does anyone know why this happens. If I break this code out into an if/elseif it works. Thanks for any help.

[Anon]

I think your if statement should be written like this ...

if ($url == "index.htm" || $url == "new_client.php") {
do whatever
}

[Anon]

thanks David. Your suggestion seems to work great, although I've only put two choices in the logical or. I really didn't want to have a whole slew of if/elseif lines in my code.

Thanks,

Tom