Somthing really stupid here

[DP23]

something really stupid going on here that i cant figure out. if i set $keyword == to a number and post in the corresponding number it will print OK, as its correctly posted in from the previous page BUT when i change the condition $keyword== a word (and post in the corresponding keyword, in this case det) it will not print OK... so im not sure if the the word (det) is posting correctly in from the previous page...plz advise

$keyword = $_POST["type1"]; 

if($keyword=="det"){ 
print OK; 
} 
else {print 
Shamballs; } 

as said above this test works ok with numbers being posted in as below :

$keyword = $_POST["response"]; 


//check if the keyword is empty 
if($keyword=="1"){ 
print OK; 
} 
else {print 
Shamballs; } 

[jennifer_ann]

Is your variable set as integer or varchar?

[DP23]

neither as i just want to design a simple test to see if the variable can be passed from one page to the next before i connect to the DB

[samudasu]

Are you sure "type1" is the correct input name from your form? This will show you all the post variables that are being passed to your script.

<?php
// show post variables
print "<pre>";
print_r($_POST);
print "</pre>";


$keyword = $_POST["type1"];
if ($keyword == "det") {
    print "OK";
} else {
    print "Shamballs";
}
?>

[DP23]

thanx for your suggestion, that code shows that type1 is being passed in. hate these little problems

Array
(
    [type1] => 2
)

Shamballs