[RESOLVED] problem adding a second condition

[schwim]

Hi there guys,

I'm making a dummy page, where someone does a search, and I have three possible outcomes. Two will go to pages with info, and the catch-all will tell them that the record doesn't exist. The problem I'm running into, is that I don't know how to add the second condition. Here's what I have so far:

<?
$initial = (strtoupper($_POST['initial']));
$emp_number = $_POST['emp_number'];
$employee = ($initial.$emp_number);

if ($employee == "GM030374") {
	include("GM030374.html");

} else {
echo "That employee record does not exist in our database.";
	};
?>

I don't know how to add the second condition:

if($employee == "JL409241") {
include ("JL409241.html");
}

Would it look like this?

<?
$initial = (strtoupper($_POST['initial']));
$emp_number = $_POST['emp_number'];
$employee = ($initial.$emp_number);

if ($employee == "GM030374") {
	include("GM030374.html");

   } else {
if ($employee == "JL409241") {
     include("JL409241.html");

        } else {
    echo "That employee record does not exist in our database.";
    };

   };

} else {
echo "That employee record does not exist in our database.";
	};
?>

thanks for your time,
json

[bogu]

U can use a switch case statement:

switch ($employee) {
    case "GM030374" : include("GM030374.html");
        break;
    case "JL409241" : include("JL409241.html");
        break;
    default :
        echo "That employee record does not exist in our database.";
}

or u can create an array with all the employee:

$employee_arr = array('GM030374','JL409241');
if (in_array($employee,$employee_arr)) {
    include("{$employee}.html");
} else {
    echo "That employee record does not exist in our database.";
}

or u can make it this way, adding a second condition:

if ($employee == "GM030374" || $employee == "JL409241") {
    include("{$employee}.html");
} else {
    echo "That employee record does not exist in our database.";
}

any way u choose and is easyer for u to understand and to implement.

GL and HF coding. 😃

[schwim]

Hi there Bogu, and thanks very much for your reply.

I went with the case method, and it worked a treat! Thanks so much for your help.

thanks,
json

[bogu]

Np, I'm glad that I could help.