if statements not working...

fearfx

<?php



$v1 = 'video/Auto-Turschoss-Enteisung.flv';
$v2 = 'video/boobies.flv';
$v3 = 'video/Homemade-Water-Slide.flv';

$pick = mt_rand(1, 3);

echo $pick . '<br>';

if ($pick == 3)
	{
		echo ' <settings ';
		echo ' flv = "$v3" ';
		//echo ' thumb = "$v3' . ".jpg" . '" ';
	}

if ($pick == 2)
	{
		echo ' <settings ';
		echo ' flv = "$v2" ';
		//echo ' thumb = "$v2' . ".jpg" . '" ';
	}

if ($pick == 1)
	{
		echo ' <settings ';
		echo ' flv = "$v1" ';
		//echo ' thumb = "$v1' . ".jpg" . '" ';
	}

?>

That is what I have, seems pretty simple, but I cannot get it to work... Thanks for help!

bretticus

Looks fine to me. In fact, I copied your code into a debugger just in case and it works fine. when the random number is 2, I get

2<br> <settings  flv = "$v2"

Do you get nothing at all? How is it not working for you?

leatherback

another way would be:


$v = array()

$v[1] = 'video/Auto-Turschoss-Enteisung.flv';
$v[2] = 'video/boobies.flv';
$v[3] = 'video/Homemade-Water-Slide.flv';

$pick = mt_rand(1, 3);

echo $pick . '<br>';
echo ' <settings ';
echo " flv = ".$v[3];

fearfx

yea... When I run it, nothing shows up, except the random number that was generated...

$v = array();

$v[1] = 'video/Auto-Turschoss-Enteisung.flv';
$v[2] = 'video/boobies.flv';
$v[3] = 'video/Homemade-Water-Slide.flv';

$pick = mt_rand(1, 3);

echo $pick . '<br>';

if ($pick == 3)
	{
		echo ' <settings ';
		echo " flv = ".$v[3];
		//echo ' thumb = "$v[3]' . ".jpg" . '" ';
	}

When 3 gets generated as a random number my if statement does not pick it up because on my screen I only see : echo $pick;

laserlight

To convince yourself that the bug is not with PHP, run this code until $pick is equal to 3:

<?php
$v = array(
    1 => 'video/Auto-Turschoss-Enteisung.flv',
    2 => 'video/boobies.flv',
    3 => 'video/Homemade-Water-Slide.flv'
    );

$pick = mt_rand(1, 3);

echo $pick . '<br>';

if ($pick == 3)
{
    echo $v[3];
}
?>

The problem is probably that the settings element only appears when you view source. I do not recall a settings element in HTML though, but then I could have missed it when reading the specification.

EDIT:
Right, there is no settings element in HTML, but then SGML and XML do not prohibit a markup language with such an element.

fearfx

never mind, they work fantastic, but I am stupid and forgot to look at page source. WOW - Thanks for all the help guys!

p.s. and <settings = XML

bradgrafelman

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