[RESOLVED] If Statement Help

[transfield]

Hello,
I'm using the following code which works fine:-

if($Text_Box_2 == '0x0x0x0')
{
$query2=("INSERT INTO query_results2 (Location1, Average_Income) VALUES ('$Text_Box_1', '$area_1')");
}

My problem is I need to run similar if statements on $Text_Box_3 and $Text_Box_4 and $Text_Box_5 and $Text_Box_6 and $Text_Box_7 and $Text_Box_8 to see whether any of these text boxes are == '0x0x0x0'.

Is there an elegant way to do this in a one line statement?

Thank you very much for your guidance.

[transfield]

Thank you all for reading. After some experiments, I discovered how to solve this problem of mine in the best way I knew how :-) Anyway, this is how I solved it:-

if($Text_Box_2 == '0x0x0x0' and $Text_Box_3 == '0x0x0x0' and $Text_Box_4 == '0x0x0x0' and $Text_Box_5 == '0x0x0x0' and $Text_Box_6 == '0x0x0x0' and $Text_Box_7 == '0x0x0x0' and $Text_Box_8 == '0x0x0x0')
			{
			$query2=("INSERT INTO query_results2 (Location1, Average_Income) VALUES ('$Text_Box_1', '$area_1')");
			}

I appreciate all the help I've been getting from many people on this forum. Thank you once again.

[bodzan]

...change your if statement if you want SOME and not ALL of statements to be true...
Because you stated:

transfield wrote:

to see whether any of these text boxes are == '0x0x0x0'.

In your example - you check if every variable is equal to 0x0x0x0, BUT if you want to check if some of them is, and not necessarilly all, equal to 0x0x0x0, use something like:

if($Text_Box_2 == '0x0x0x0' or $Text_Box_3 == '0x0x0x0' or $Text_Box_4 == '0x0x0x0' or $Text_Box_5 == '0x0x0x0' or $Text_Box_6 == '0x0x0x0' or $Text_Box_7 == '0x0x0x0' or $Text_Box_8 == '0x0x0x0')

[transfield]

Yes, I understand what you mean now & I thank you very much for your guidance. God bless you, Bodzan.

[Plasma]

Would be far better to use arrays instead of raw naming of the variables.

eg, make it so $Text_Box[2] works instead of $Text_Box_2

Also, keep your variables descriptive - Text_Box ? Whats that? Is it the price of something? Then use $price for example.

[transfield]

Thank you for your advice, Plasma. I need to study what arrays are all about because I don't know how they work. Nevertheless, I suppose that using arrays would make the code shorter, perhaps?

I appreciate your advice & it looks like I've got a lot to learn.....:-)

Thank you once again & warm regards.