if statement question

[Jon W]

Alright, well here in my script I'm trying to check and see if a value it filled and if the values both match. For some reason I'm getting a error message with this line of code though. (I thought it was a pretty sample line of script)


<?php if(!empty($_POST['Password'])) && ($_POST['Comfirmed_password']) == ($_POST['Password']) { echo($_POST['Comfirmed_password']); } else { echo ''; } ?>



By the way this is going inside of a value you tag.

Thanks for the help

And as a side question, which I know is going to be one of the next questions that I ask.... How can I make a Random key for the User name? I saw it in some login script that it creates a random key, but not to sure how to make the function or whatever to make the random key. Heres the site that I was looking off of: http://www.roscripts.com/PHP_login_script-143.html

Jon W

[oesxyl]

Alright, well here in my script I'm trying to check and see if a value it filled and if the values both match. For some reason I'm getting a error message with this line of code though. (I thought it was a pretty sample line of script)


<?php if(!empty($_POST['Password'])) && ($_POST['Comfirmed_password']) == ($_POST['Password']) { echo($_POST['Comfirmed_password']); } else { echo ''; } ?>



By the way this is going inside of a value you tag.

Thanks for the help
Jon W


<?php
if(isset($_POST['Password']) &&
isset($_POST['Comfirmed_password']) &&
!empty($_POST['Password'])) &&
!empty($_POST['Comfirmed_password']) &&
$_POST['Comfirmed_password'] === $_POST['Password']) {
echo($_POST['Comfirmed_password']);
} else {
echo 'no match';
}
?>


- note the === instead of == and filled message in else branch

probably empty(...) is useless, but check the php manual, I can't remember now and I have not time to check myself, when empty return false? ( sure if is '', but when x is unset, empty(x) is true?) AFAIK if a value in a form is not filled POST for that value is unset, check this too.

best regards

[matak]

i think someone mentioned that it's good to use strlen() or similar in these situations. then you can limit minimum to let's say 4 characters.

i'm not sure is this what you asked, but it can be usefull anyway

[Inigoesdr]

probably empty(...) is useless, but check the php manual, I can't remember now and I have not time to check myself, when empty return false? ( sure if is '', but when x is unset, empty(x) is true?)
Any value that equals false('', NULL, 0) or if it's not set will return true. So as long as you aren't expecting a 0 for your form input it should work fine.
AFAIK if a value in a form is not filled POST for that value is unset, check this too.
Nope, even if it's blank it will still be set in the $_POST array.

[oesxyl]

Any value that equals false('', NULL, 0) or if it's not set will return true. So as long as you aren't expecting a 0 for your form input it should work fine.

Nope, even if it's blank it will still be set in the $_POST array.

do you mean blank as space+, not "not filled with anything", isn't it?
in last case, print_r($_POST), echo a [field name] => '' item?

best regards.

[Inigoesdr]

do you mean blank as space+, not "not filled with anything", isn't it?
in last case, print_r($_POST), echo a [field name] => '' item?

If you have a form such as this:
<form action="test.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="test" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
And you submit it without anything in the text field, the $_POST array will be array('test' => '');

[oesxyl]

If you have a form such as this:
<form action="test.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="test" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
And you submit it without anything in the text field, the $_POST array will be array('test' => '');

thanks, :), I hope you don't west your time to test this, a simple yes was enough, :). Usualy when I'm not sure about something I test myself, I ask only because I have not enough time for this and I was curios about the result even is not important for me in this moment.

best regards