Getting a value to display once

[micmac]

Hi all,
Here is a snipet of my script:

if($lastname == $lastname){

}
echo "<TR bgcolor=$color><TD><a href='melbourne_level_one.php?id=$id'>$lastname</a></TD>";
}

If $lastname has two or more results that are the same how can i script it so that it only displays once?

Cheers,
micmac

[boogiemacs]

If you're running this in a loop, you'll get a display for every iteration since $lastname == $lastname will always return true,
same way 5 == 5 will always return true. If, say, $x == 5, that's another story.

Assuming that you have the right equality test in your code, and running it in a loop, insert "break" after your echo statement so that when a match is found, it breaks out of the loop, therefore, displaying your message only once.