Posted by Ben Allen on 11/13/86 11:20

Kimmo Laine wrote:
> "Ben Allen" <"ben.allen"@\"your.tonsils\"btinternet.com> kirjoitti
> viestissä:da8n4g$6ta$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>
>>I have the following code which connects to a database and sets the value
>>of counter to '0' and the date to be either the current date or a users own
>>date. The database connects via an included script as this is a
>>contribution for OSCommerce. Each section (the set date today and set date
>>custom) works fine by itself (with the other half commented out) but I cant
>>make it so the option is available via radio buttons, what am I doing
>>wrong?
>>
>>if ($setdate="true") {...
>>if ($setdate="false") {...
>
>
> == is the comparison operator, = is assignment. When you assign the string
> "true" to $setdate, of course it is true. Instead you need to compare
> them...
>
> if ($setdate=="true") {...
> if ($setdate=="false") {...
>
>
>
Brilliant thanks, I knew it had to be some simple newbie mistake, thanks
once again.

Ben

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