Need a little help!

pinkspider

At the moment, my PHP script grabs a $_GET, looks at it, and then decides what menu to put in- in this case, it's dividing up artists by what letter they start with and only displaying a certain letter.

What's the problem? You tell me. I'm stuck. White screen for hours! Finally resigned myself to seeking help. The url is set up www.blahblahblah.com/thispage.php?letter=a

<?php

extract ($_GET, EXTR_PREFIX_SAME, “var”);
if ($letter == a) {
echo "<center>artists: a</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == b) {
echo "<center>artists: b</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == c) {
echo "<center>artists: c</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == d) {
echo "<center>artists: d</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == e) {
echo "<center>artists: e</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == f) {
echo "<center>artists: f</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == g) {
echo "<center>artists: g</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == h) {
echo "<center>artists: h</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == i) {
echo "<center>artists: i</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == j) {
echo "<center>artists: j</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == k) {
echo "<center>artists: k</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == l) {
echo "<center>artists: l</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == m) {
echo "<center>artists: m</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == n) {
echo "<center>artists: n</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == o) {
echo "<center>artists: o</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == p) {
echo "<center>artists: p</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == q) {
echo "<center>artists: q</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == r) {
echo "<center>artists: r</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == s) {
echo "<center>artists: s</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == t) {
echo "<center>artists: t</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == u) {
echo "<center>artists: u</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == v) {
echo "<center>artists: v</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == w) {
echo "<center>artists: w</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == x) {
echo "<center>artists: x</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == y) {
echo "<center>artists: y</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == z) {
echo "<center>artists: z</center> ";
} elseif ($letter == #) {
echo "<center>artists: #</center> ";
}

thorpe

Your not wrapping your strings in quotes.eg:
this...

if ($letter == a) {

should be...

if ($letter == "a") {

By the way, that is a hell of allot of code for something that could be done as simply as...

extract ($_GET, EXTR_PREFIX_SAME, “var”);
echo "<center><u><b>artists: $letter</u></b></center><p><br>";

pinkspider

Works like a charm! And I realize it's bulky, but it's actually bulkier. Each one has a unique menu to display, and I don't know of any easier way to display the letter's menu than with PHP. The nagging part of my brain says it's possible with XML, but I don't even know where to start with that.

Thanks a bunch! I'm new to this, as you can see. So many thanks, indeed!