else if trouble

Train

I'm attempting to get my 'elseif' statement to work. This is straight out of my php book but it doesn't seem to be working. I was also unsuccessful with a straight IF statement. In my example, I'm using two files: one is a simple html table where the user inputs some values (think order form); the second is the .php file that takes the input values from the html pg and makes a confirmation page from the order. See below for both scripts. the elseif statement is at the very end of the #2 script block:

#1
<html>
<form action="processorder.php" method=post>
<table width="323" border=0>

<tr bgcolor=#cccccc>
<td width=148 height="21" bgcolor="#FF6600"><strong>Item</strong></td>
<td width=142 bgcolor="#999999"><strong>Quantity</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="24" bgcolor="#FF6600"><strong>Tires</strong></td>
<td align=center bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> <input type="text" name="tireqty" size=3 maxlength=3></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="24" bgcolor="#FF6600"><strong>Oil</strong></td>
<td align=center bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> <input type="text" name="oilqty" size=3 maxlength=3></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="24" bgcolor="#FF6600"><strong>Spark Plugs</strong></td>
<td align=center bgcolor="#CCCCCC"><strong>
<input name="sparkqty" type="text" value="" size="3">
</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="26" bgcolor="#FF6600"><strong>How did you find Bob's</strong></td>
<td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"><select name="find">
<option value="a">I'm a regular customer
<option value="b">TV Advertisement
<option value="c">Newspaper Ad
<option value="d">Friend </select></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
<td height="21" valign="top">  </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="26" colspan=2 align=center valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> <input type=submit value="submit Order"></td>
</tr>
</table>

</form>
</html>

#2 (php)

<html>
<head>
<title>Bob's Auto Parts - Order Results</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Bob's Auto Parts</h1>
<h2>Order Results</h2>

<?php
echo "<p> Order Processed at ";
echo date("H:i, jS of F");
echo "<br>";
echo "<p> Your Order is as follows:";
echo "<br>";
echo $tireqty." tires<br>";
echo $oilqty." bottles of oil<br>";
echo $sparkqty." spark plugs<br>";
$totalqty=0;
$totalamount=0.00;

define("TIREPRICE", 100);
define("OILPRICE", 10);
define("SPARKPRICE", 4);

$totalqty=$tireqty+$oilqty+$sparkqty;
$totalamount=$tireqtyTIREPRICE
+$oilqtyOILPRICE
+$sparkqty*SPARKPRICE;
$totalmount=number_format($totalamount, 2);
echo "<br>\n";
echo "Items ordered: ".$totalqty."<br>\n";
echo "Subtotal: $".$totalamount."<br>\n";

$taxrate=0.10; //local sales tax is 10%
$totalamount=$totalamount*(1+$taxrate);
$totalamount=number_format($totalamount, 2);
echo "Total including tax: $".$totalamount."<br>\n"

if($find=="a")
echo "<p> Regular Customer.</p>";
elseif($find=="b")
echo "<p> Customer referred by TV advertisement.</p>";
elseif($find=="c")
echo "<p> Customer referred by phone directory.</p>";
elseif($find=="d")
echo "<p> Customer referred by word of mouth.</p>";

</body>
</html>

any help would be great. i would retain more of the php book if my examples actually worked. i hate to just read about it and not "do it". if you know what i mean.
Thanks!

Tracer

Try This

if($find=="a") }
echo "<p> Regular Customer.</p>"; 
{
elseif($find=="b") }
echo "<p> Customer referred by TV advertisement.</p>"; 
{
elseif($find=="c") }
echo "<p> Customer referred by phone directory.</p>"; 
{
elseif($find=="d") }
echo "<p> Customer referred by word of mouth.</p>"; 
{

Train

No such luck. Dang. This is bugging me b/c I can even do the simpliest of IF statements. Could it have to do w/ a setting in my php.ini file? I have no idea. Thanks for trying.

Train

I forgot to include the error message when i pasted in your script:

Parse error: parse error, expecting ','' or';'' in c:\phpdev\www\processorder.php on line 39

ecg

the only thing I can see is that the brackets are backwards?

if ($find == "a"){
	echo "Regular Customer";
} elseif($find =="b"){
	echo "Unusual Customer";
}

(sorry cut and paste wasn't working)
but really you shouldn't need them as your statements are one line long.

do you want to comment out the if statements and echo out the value of $find to check that its being passed ok?

Beth

Train

I did switch the brackets but that didn't work. What do mean by

'do you want to comment out the if statements and echo out the value of $find to check that its being passed ok?'

I'm a bit green when it comes to the lingo...
thanks!

xblue

I don't think that it is your if else construct that causes the problem, most likely it's the line before that.

the error message says it is expecting you semicolon, and it is missing on that line:

echo "Total including tax: $".$totalamount."<br>\n";

btw, when you post code, please wrap it in [php] [/php] tags to enable syntax highlighting.

Train

Thanks XBlue!!! that was all I needed to change. What a pain, and all I needed was a semi ;

You mentioned the tags when inserting code on the boards:
what is the difference between using the "<php and ?>" and the brackets "

and

" ?

Thanks for all the tips! Now onto bigger and better lessons.
Train

xblue

you are welcome. the [php] tags are for the board to recognize php code and make it so beautiful multicolored as in ecg's post 🙂