Very Basic Question

[smoky989]

ok I'm trying to do something I thought was simple but it won't work. I just have a simple control structure and if the variable is blank I want one thing to happen if its not I want another to happen. Heres an example of my code.

if($var == "")
{
echo "Your name is $var";
}
else
{
echo "You did not enter a name.";
}

Its executing what's in the if statement no matter what. Any ideas what the problem is?

[planetsim]

if($var == "")
{
echo "Your name is $var";
}
else
{
echo "You did not enter a name.";
}
Hmm seems odd that $var if its suppose to be empty magically gets a name..

Ok try this

if(!empty($var))
{
echo "Your name is $var";
}
else
{
echo "You did not enter a name.";
}

[smoky989]

in my code I had it the other way around. I just messed it up here lol. The name is supposed to be in the else statement.