IF value entered is nothing?

[PicoDeath]

I forgot how to do this and I can't find anything in google.

I need a quick if to search if $gamertag has anything entered, if it doesn't i need it display an error message otherwise display the below.

Thanks.

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<?php
    $answer = $_POST['style'];
    if($answer == "Homecourt #1"){
        echo "There is no Homecourt #1";}
    elseif($answer == "Homecourt #2"){
        echo "There is no Homecourt #2";}
    elseif($answer == "Homecourt #3"){
        echo "There is no Homecourt #3";}
    elseif($answer == "Gears Of War #1"){
        echo "There is no Gears Of War #1";}
    elseif($answer == "GTA IV #1"){
        echo "There is no GTA IV #1";}
            else {
                echo ("Error, please go back and try again");
                }
    ?>

[nate2099]

if (isset($gamertag))

or

if ($gamertag)

or

if (trim($gamertag))

or if(trim($gamertag) != "")

should all return true if $gamertag is set. (I think...)

[PicoDeath]

Thanks.

[PicoDeath]

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    <?php
    if (isset($gamertag)) {
    echo 
    $answer = $_POST['style'];
    if($answer == "Homecourt #1"){
        echo     include("code/homecourt1.php");
                echo ("<br><br><br>");
                include("code/getform.php");}
        
        elseif($answer == "Gears Of War #1"){
        echo     include("code/gearsofwar1.php");
                echo ("<br><br><br>");
                include("code/getform.php");}
            
        elseif($answer == "GTA IV #1"){
            echo "There is no GTA IV #1";}
            
            else {
                echo ("Error, please go back and try again");
                };}
    
    else { echo"Please Enter your Gamertag";}
    ?>

If i don't enter anything it still displays the above code, can you see what's wrong? I'm thinking maybe I'm missing an }?

[karinne]

What's with the echo's all over the place?!

[PicoDeath]

Yeah actually, I won't need them now

Can you spot my problem though? I'll clean the echos up before i update the site with the working if

[karinne]

There's an else { } too many ... at the bottom?! and a few things wrong.

Here's what I got when removing the echo's

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<?php
if (isset($gamertag)) {
    $answer = $_POST['style'];
    if($answer == "Homecourt #1"){
        include("code/homecourt1.php");
        echo ("<br><br><br>");
        include("code/getform.php");
    
    } elseif ($answer == "Gears Of War #1") {
        include("code/gearsofwar1.php");
        echo ("<br><br><br>");
        include("code/getform.php");
        
    } elseif ($answer == "GTA IV #1") {
        echo "There is no GTA IV #1";
        
    }

else {
    echo ("Error, please go back and try again");
};
}
    
else { 
    
    echo "Please Enter your Gamertag";
}
    ?>

You're echo ("<br><br><br>"); shouldn't have the () wrapping the text

What's this?
};
}

[PicoDeath]

That's ending;

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else {
    echo ("Error, please go back and try again");
}; 

And then ending the

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if (isset($gamertag)) { 

I think.

[karinne]

Ah ... like this then

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<?php
if (isset($gamertag)) {
    $answer = $_POST['style'];
    if($answer == "Homecourt #1"){
        include("code/homecourt1.php");
        echo "<br><br><br>";
        include("code/getform.php");
    
    } elseif ($answer == "Gears Of War #1") {
        include("code/gearsofwar1.php");
        echo "<br><br><br>";
        include("code/getform.php");
        
    } elseif ($answer == "GTA IV #1") {
        echo "There is no GTA IV #1";
        
    } else {
        echo ("Error, please go back and try again");
    
    }
    
} else { 
    
    echo "Please Enter your Gamertag";
}
    ?>

Right ... that's makes sense

[PicoDeath]

Looks much cleaner(Thanks) and I doubt you know but you also fixed another problem i had, it would randomly display a '1' after the image

Any idea as to why the isset is not working?

[karinne]

Has $gamertag been given a value before this script? How do they get to this point?

[PicoDeath]

http://www.360sigs.com/gamercards.php

They get it from entering there tag, enter my tag 'PicoDeath and at the top it will display 'Thank you PicoDeath', enter no tag and it KNOWS nothing is in the form because it displays 'Thank you No username here for using...'

[karinne]

Have you tried

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if (!$gamertag) { 

[PicoDeath]

Put that in just now, it displays 'Enter a gamertag' yet you entered one and it displays it at the top. And if you don't enter one it displays the code i want it too.

I guess i just switch the contents of the IF around for it to work?

Fixed thanks.

[karinne]

Opps ... right...hehe ... yes

I guess it would something like this

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<?php
if (isset($gamertag)) {
    
    echo "Please Enter your Gamertag";
    
} else { 
    $answer = $_POST['style'];
    if($answer == "Homecourt #1"){
        include("code/homecourt1.php");
        echo "<br><br><br>";
        include("code/getform.php");
    
    } elseif ($answer == "Gears Of War #1") {
        include("code/gearsofwar1.php");
        echo "<br><br><br>";
        include("code/getform.php");
        
    } elseif ($answer == "GTA IV #1") {
        echo "There is no GTA IV #1";
        
    } else {
        echo ("Error, please go back and try again");
    
    }
    
}
    ?>

[PicoDeath]

Haha, I asked because you were replying so fast in the end i just tried it and it worked.

[karinne]

Phew! 'cause if you would've told it didn't work ... I was gonna pack up my $hit and leave!

Glad to we got that working