Posted by James_sgp on 06/20/07 02:24

On Jun 19, 9:24 pm, Michael Fesser <neti...@gmx.de> wrote:
> .oO(James_sgp)
>
> >Hi, I`m trying to write code that will check the contents of a
> >variable ($distance) to see if it contains the value 'ft'. If it is
> >true, I need it to divide the valiable $max_depth by 3.28; then write
> >the variable into a MYSQL database. I have tried several different
> >ways, but it seems that only the original (not divided by 3.28) value
> >keeps getting put into the database. I`m using the line below to do
> >the checking:
>
> >if(strcmp($distance,"ft")==0) $max_depth=$max_depth/3.28;
>
> This only checks if the value of $distance is the string 'ft':
>
> if ($distance == 'ft') {...}
>
> Obviously this is not enough if $distance contains a real value,
> measured in foot, like '1000ft'. Try strpos() instead or a regular
> expression.
>
> Micha

Micha,

Ok, my problem doesn`t seem to be my if statement. As I can display
the result and it is correct! The problem is that the variable
$max_depth isn`t updated when it is written into the database, hence
the original value is always there.

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