[RESOLVED] if else statement issue

[lerro]

While trying to loop through an if_else statement, i cannot get output for the if statement that i have written as "this message is not output"

		if(!isset($_GET['a']))
		{
		 	echo "no selection";
		}
		else
		{
			$a = $_GET['a']; 	


		if ($a == "item1")
		{
			$this->property_type_add();
		}
		elseif ($a == "item2")
		{
			$this->property_type_added();
		}
		else  
		{
			echo "This message is not output";
		}

        echo "But this message is output";


	}

What is the cause of this? As when i put an echo outside that if statement - "But this message is output", it get's output

[Undrium]

echo the $a variable before the if-else, what does it say?

[lerro]

I have tried the elimination method and it seems to output the message correctly
when i remove this

			elseif ($a = "deleted")
			{
				$this->property_type_deleted();
			}

It outputs the message in "else"

But when i put it back, it then fails to output the message

Is "deleted" a keyword of some sort? as when it's used no output comes after that as shown below

<?


	if(!isset($_GET['a']))
	{
	 	echo "no selection";
	}
	else
	{
		$a = $_GET['a']; 	


		if ($a == "item1")
		{
			$this->property_type_add();
		}
		elseif ($a == "item2")
		{
			$this->property_type_added();
		}
		elseif ($a = "deleted")
		{
			$this->property_type_deleted();
		}			
		else  
		{
			echo "This message is not output";
		}

        echo "But this message is output";


	}




?>

[lerro]

when i echo out $a

it outputs - test

[Derokorian]

elseif ($a = "deleted") 
// Should be:
elseif ($a == "deleted") 

You are assigning "deleted" to $a instead of comparing, so it will always evaluate as true.

[lerro]

ahhh Thanks, for that.

I looked closely to try and spot an error but could not.

Thanks

[Derokorian]

It happens, people have caught a lot of my typos on forums =D (and I mean A LOT)