How to Check to See if Script Executed?

[prslou]

What I want to do is have a script to check if another script actually excuted. For example, I have a mail() and right after that I have "Thank you your email has been sent, etc." Now, that will print no matter what even if the mail() function has an error. How to I make the "Thank you" line print ONLY if the mail() function executed properly, in other words without an error?

I also have a guestbook script that says like "Thanks for your submission to our guestbook" but how do I check if it was actually added to the MySQL database?

Hope that is clear enough.

[hand]

mail(....) or print "sorry...";

$insert = "INSERT INTO table VALUES (...";
$result = mysql_query($insert) or print "sorry ...";
if ($result) {
print "Thank's";
} else {
print "Sorry ...";
}

[prslou]

Thank you very much sir!

[prslou]

One more question, how do I post a "thank you" confirmation in the "mail" fucnction. I just see a "sorry" one but not a thank you. Do I just say:

mail(....) or print "sorry...";
(if (mail)) { print "thank you"; }

[the_Igel]

Ok, you may set a temporary var
$tmp = mail(...);
if ($tmp) {

//anyting you need

} else {

//something else}