Help with if, else statement

[tracyselena]

Hello,
What are the syntax rules when you have multiple actions to take within an if/then statement ? For example:

if( $imagecode != "AR7YE" )
print ('<table width=100% border=0>');
print ('<tr>');
print ('<td align=center height=200>');
print "Thank you for your time!<br><br>";
print "You have entered an incorrect code. Please use your browser's Back button to try again.<br><br>" ;
print ('</td align=center>');
print ('</tr>');
include('_lib/footer.php');
print ('</table>');

else

*continues on*

I get an error on the last line where the else is.

Do I need to group all these statemenst within some parenthesis? I've tried but maybe had the syntax wrong.

Can someone help?
Thanks Tracy

[Savahn]

Thry this...

if($imagecode != "AR7YE") {
print...
}
else {
print...
}

When using if,elseif, and else statements the action to be taken for a particiular statement must be incased in swirly brackets.

Joseph

[ClarkF1]

leaving the brackets out means only the first line after the if statement gets processed if the condition is met.......the rest will be printed out regardless

[tracyselena]

I tried that but I was putting a semicolon after the 2nd swirly bracket..

So now it works Thansk again.
Tracy