Posted by Rik Wasmus on 09/01/07 19:29

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 21:16:55 +0200, The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> wrot=
e:

> ELINTPimp wrote:
>> On Sep 1, 2:25 pm, skim1114 <skim1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I am embarrassed to ask this, but I've worked on this for hours and =
I
>>> can't seem to find what the error is. I am trying to teach myself ph=
p
>>> and I am in the very early stages of understanding it. I have a book=

>>> that I am walking through. I created a form to validate...all pieces=

>>> I've coded work, except the piece for the age drop down. There are 3=

>>> options, 0-20, 30-60, and 60+. What in the code is wrong here? I
>>> understand this might not be the most efficient way to code this, bu=
t
>>> like I said, I'm just starting.
>>>
>>> I'm sure anyone with php knowledge could help me out with this in a
>>> second.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance. Code below:
>>>
>>> ---------
>>>
>>> if (isset($_REQUEST['age'])) {
>>> $ =3D $_REQUEST['age'];
>>>
>>> if ($age =3D=3D '0-29') {
>>> echo '<p>Your age selection was between 0-29</p>';
>>> }elseif ($age =3D=3D '30-60') {
>>> echo '<p>You age selection was between 30-60</p>';
>>> }elseif ($age =3D=3D '60+') {
>>> echo '<p>You age selection was between 60+</p>';}els=
e{
>>>
>>> $age =3D NULL;
>>> echo '<p><font color=3D"red">You forgot to select you =

>>> age!</font></p>';
>>>
>>> }
>>>
>>> --------
>>> $ =3D $_REQUEST['age'];
>> needs to be:
>> $age =3D $_REQUEST['age'];
>>
>
> what does [ '30-60' ]evaluate to as well?..
>
> a string "30-60"?
> Or a numeric -30 ?

It should be just a string... Why would that be evaluated somewhere?
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Rik Wasmus

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