[RESOLVED] Setting a variables value

Jon12345

Why is this not working?

$target="value";
$pagefocus=$target;

dcav

Nothing wrong with the syntax, perhaps some logic error elsewhere..

examancer

if you follow that code with echo($pagefocus); you should see the word 'value' output. That code should set $pagefocus to the string "value". In fact, I can guarantee that it would. There is no way that would not work unless something else is going on elsewhere in your code.

Jon12345

Oops, I found my mistake. It was earlier in my code. When do you use

$pagefocus==$target;

What does the == do?

dcav

You use == in conditional statements.

if ($a == $b)
echo "a and b are the same";
else
echo "a and b are different";

Jon12345

Ahh yes, that was it. Thanks.

bradgrafelman

dcav wrote:
You use == in conditional statements.

Well that's not the only place you can use it.

For more information about the == operator (and other comparison operators), see this man page: [man]operators.comparison[/man].

dcav

Yes, I know that...

but what does:
return ($i==$j) ? "They are the same" : "They are not the same";
or
return anyFunc($i==$j, $bla);

more clever than anything ?

== just return a boolean based on a comparison that will lead to conditions...

If you have something clever to show, go ahead. If not, don't quote.

One can explain easier by telling Google is their friend. But what's the point of this community then?

And this is a newbie forum, I never went to a 101 programming class where the professor explains all the possibilities of the ==. I think my example is as concrete as it can get. The rest is all experience and research.