Question

Hey, I am trying to make an if statement that redirects them to a different page if true, simple right?

I am not sure why this is not working but I am using:

if ($_POST['accounttype']=='Paid User - £2 p/m'){
    $userid = strtolower($_SESSION['X2X2']);
    $getuser = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM XXXXXX WHERE X2X2 = '$userid'");
    $info = mysql_fetch_array($getuser);
    $id = $info['X3X3'];
    mysql_query("UPDATE members SET payment = '" . mysql_real_escape_string("XXXXXXXX"). "' WHERE X3X3 = $id");
    header('Location: http://beta.XXXXX.co.uk/purchase.php');
    mysql_close($con);
}

When I put

<?
echo $_POST['accounttype'];
?>

And I get back

Paid User - £2 p/m

Which is correct?

Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks.

Answer 1

As it seems to depend on £, you have several possibilities depending on which values $_POST['accounttype'] can have.

First I suggest you try:

if ($_POST['accounttype']=='Paid User - £2 p/m'){

(as £ is £ in HTML).
If this doesn’t work, what is the part of the string, that makes it unique? Paid User or 2 p/m? If any of these, it is sufficient to check against a substring like:

if (substr($_POST['accounttype'],-5)=='2 p/m'){

or

if (substr($_POST['accounttype'],0,9)=='Paid User'){

or any combination (avoiding £).