Include file not returned when called

Jim_Madrid

2 questions: 1) Why won't the include file appear when called? and 2) How can I get both die messages to appear if both are false...right now if passwords don´t match and email is in wrong format only "passwords did not match" appears. If passwords match but email is incorrect format the "invalid email address" is returned. How can I get both to appear at once if both are incorrect?

Thanks

Code:
<?php
if ($password != $password2) {
die('Passwords did not match.');

}
}
if (!preg_match("/.@...*/", $POST['email_address']) | preg_match("/(<|>)/", $POST['email_address'])) {
die('Invalid e-mail address.');

}
include 'join_fauna.php';

jpmoriarty

in answer to your first, because you're not calling it correctly. It's a function:

include('file.php');

and i think your second is cos you're using die() - it's fairly fatal as you would expect, and stops running your script. just use echo like eveyone else does and it will be fine.

xblue

John, I think you are wrong about the first issue,

Note: include_once() and require_once() are statements, not functions. You don't need parentheses around the filename to be included.

(this is from http://pear.php.net/manual/en/standards.including.php).

the example from php.net doesn't use parentheses either.

Jim, do you receive an error when the file is supposed to be included or just a blank screen or what?

jpmoriarty

ah fair enough - i stand corrected. i presume it's to do with teh second point then, the use of die().

I cant see any reason why you would want to use die in this circumstance: and i quote:

Note that using the die() function will stop the entire script after that point from being run...

In many cases die() is too severe.

Often, trigger_error() using the E_USER_ERROR level will achieve the desired effect in a much tidier fashion.

There's no reason whatsoever that echo's cant be used here. If you were setting up an sql connection and it failed, then you would use die() since the rest of the script would fail with no connection present. die() is not an "error messaging" service though - and it's use here is causing the very problem thats being complained against.