if statement issues

[thewomb]

this is an easy one im sure..

when i use an if statement

if (!$_REQUEST['name'])
{
echo " stage 1 error: no name";
exit();
}

if(!$_REQUEST['subject'])
{
echo "stage 2 error: no subject";
exit();
}

if(!$_REQUEST['body'])
{
echo "stage 4 error: no body";
exit();
}


if(!$_REQUEST['phone'])
{
echo "stage 3 error: no phone";
exit();
} else {						
require("phpmailer.1.72/class.phpmailer.php");

this all works ok. but obviously the exit command kills the html on the rest of the page.. is there another command i can use that will kill the rst of the script but let the page load till the last </html> tag

cheers

oh yeah and is there a way to make all the if statement into one? something like this?

if (!$_REQUEST['name'] || !$_REQUEST['body']) || !$_REQUEST['another'))

TW

[laserlight]

Handle it more gracefully, e.g. instead of using die/exit record an error message to be displayed to the user.

oh yeah and is there a way to make all the if statement into one? something like this?

You should be using [man]isset/man to begin with, or perhaps [man]empty/man.

[thewomb]

got it working.. should have used elseif statements.

if (!$_REQUEST['name']) 
{ 
echo " stage 1 error: no name"; 
} 
elseif (!$_REQUEST['subject']) 
{ 
echo "stage 2 error: no subject"; 
} 
elseif(!$_REQUEST['body']) 
{ 
echo "stage 4 error: no body"; 
} 

[scrupul0us]

im glad u figured that out... i was debating how to nicely reply but still give u a hard time 😉

good job figuring it out!