If, else statement

Hi,

well, you do have *lots* of home-made errors in there ;-)

1. please delete line 6:
$row_rs_pubsearch['pubtype']="journal";
you won´t need it, as you´re using it for the if - statement in the next line - and the syntax is wrong

2. as for the rest :: the problem is based on wrong syntax (e.g. the missing '...' and the fact that you can´t use nested <?php ... ?> statements in here) within your "echo" statements -- the syntax should be like this:

echo '<a href="journal_edit.php?recordID='.$row_rs_pubsearch['PubID'].'">Edit Publication</a>';

Does it help when changing your echo´s accordingly ?

Gaz-uk wrote:
> I'm still having problems with an if, elseif, else statement and cannot see
> the problem - can anybody help me out please. The error I get is "Parse error:
> syntax error, unexpected '<', expecting ',' or ';' in
> /webusers/lw6law/public_html/publications/admin/PublicationsSearchResults.php
> on line 111" - line 111 is the 7th line of the attached code.

You're attempting to nest PHP tags inside other PHP tags, which is
illegal and causing the parse error. Line 111 is only the first of many
such illegal nests. The following code should work:

<h1>Publication Search Results</h1>
<?php do { ?>
<p><?php echo $row_rs_pubsearch['PubID']; ?> / <?php echo
$row_rs_pubsearch['pubtype']; ?> / <?php echo $row_rs_pubsearch['pubyear'];
?><br>
<?php echo $row_rs_pubsearch['title']; ?><br>
<?php echo $row_rs_pubsearch['authors']; ?><br>
$row_rs_pubsearch['pubtype']="journal";
<?php if ($row_rs_pubsearch['pubtype'] == "journal") { ?>
<a href="journal_edit.php?recordID=<?php echo
$row_rs_pubsearch['PubID']; ?>">Edit Publication</a>
<?php } elseif ($row_rs_pubsearch['pubtype'] == "book") { ?>
<a href="book_edit.php?recordID=<?php echo $row_rs_pubsearch['PubID'];
?>">Edit Publication</a>
<?php } elseif ($row_rs_pubsearch['pubtype'] == "chapter") { ?>
<a href="chapter_edit.php?recordID=<?php echo
$row_rs_pubsearch['PubID']; ?>">Edit Publication</a>
<?php } elseif ($row_rs_pubsearch['pubtype'] == "report" { ?>
<a href="report_edit.php?recordID=<?php echo
$row_rs_pubsearch['PubID']; ?>">Edit Publication</a>
<?php } else { ?>
<a href="paper_edit.php?recordID=<?php echo $row_rs_pubsearch['PubID'];
?>">Edit Publication</a>
<?php } ?>
<?php } while ($row_rs_pubsearch = mysql_fetch_assoc($rs_pubsearch)); ?>
<p> </p>
</body>

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