php5 if-else

@ngelot · 02-10-2008, 03:50 AM

I've been using apache/php4 for some time, and now I've set up a new server with a fresh apache2/php5.

With apache/php4 I used ex. index.php?id=2 and in the script:

Code:

<?

if ($id) {

echo 'Hi - its a nice day';

} else {

echo 'Bye - have a nice day';

}

?>

I can't get this working in apache2/php5. Is there an error in the syntax?
On apache2/php5 I'm using /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini and on apache/php4 I was using /etc/php4/cli/php.ini. Do I have to enable something in php.ini to get this working? Any modules I may need? This is my settings from /etc/apache2/sites-available/default:

Code:

DocumentRoot /var/www/
   <Directory />
      Options FollowSymLinks
      AllowOverride None
   </Directory>
   <Directory /var/www/>
      Options Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks MultiViews ExecCGI
      AllowOverride All
      Order allow,deny
      Allow from all
   </Directory>

Thanks!

rubadub · 02-10-2008, 06:12 AM

Code:

$id = $_GET['id'];

That should do the trick, it also means you won't have to rely on php.ini settings!, also see $_POST and $_REQUEST if your not familiar.

@ngelot · 02-11-2008, 04:00 AM

Thanks!

It was an ' vs " error.

It seems that I can't mix the two.

php4: include("'.$id.'.php");

php5: include "$id.php";