PHP If Statement not working

JamesU2005 · 3 Jan 2008 at 20:15

Having a problem with an IF statement in PHP. It seems to think that the string stored in the variable is less than six when it's not.

When I echo the $something the value is longer than six yet it still seems to think that it's not and dies.

Any ideas?

Code:

if($something < 5){
die(include "toosmall.php");
}

JamesU2005 · 3 Jan 2008 at 20:20

Right, I echoed the $something before the IF statement is run and its prints the correct value.

I also echoed AFTER the IF statement is run and no value is printed.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm.......

JamesU2005 · 3 Jan 2008 at 20:23

marc2003 said:
to check the length of a string, use strlen() - http://uk2.php.net/strlen

i assume that's what you're trying to do?

Thanks a million, it worked!

Code:

if(strlen($something) < 5){
die(include "toosmall.php");
}

JamesU2005 · 3 Jan 2008 at 20:32

marc2003 said:
i must say, that's a bizarre way of working. are you not going to end up with a dozen scripts for one form??

Do you mean if I run this to check each string?

Would there be an easier method?

Edit: Silly me, I remember functions! So how would I create a function for the above that I could use on different variable names?