If or need help

Brissie

Hi Guys, need a bit of holp on the code below. Is there an easier way to do the following? because it doesnt work anyway..

if (($detail[2] == $REQUEST['who']) OR ($REQUEST['who'] == '')){
if (($detail[3] == $REQUEST['age']) OR ($REQUEST['age'] == '')){

autumn

Please explain what exactly you are trying to do. It's hard to tell from what's you've provided.

DigitalExpl0it

doesnt work cause * doesnt mean anything its not a wild card....

try somthing like

if (($detail[2] == $_REQUEST['who']) OR ($_REQUEST['who'] <> '')){
if (($detail[3] == $_REQUEST['age']) OR ($_REQUEST['age'] <> '')){

Brissie

Sorry, * is not a wildcard it is what i am trying to match.

basically i need it to say

if    detail[2]    equals    $_REQUEST['who']

OR    if    $_REQUEST['who']     equals "*"

 Then do some stuff.

but at the moment the script is only working on the first bit of the if statement and not the OR

any ideas>?

sarahk

have a look at the thread at... http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10228418

and consider having a function which is passed detail[2] and $_REQUEST['who']. The function would then see if they match or if the request is equal to '*' and return true or false.

You also need to look at your logic - you only want to do the second check if the first check is true?

I'd start by echoing out your data when you know the value should be true and seeing just what you have. Typically I put stars around it to make it easy for me to see what I have, since stars might be passed pick a different character, say a hash.