Question

I have a select box with an option for All, and then a list of users.

What I’m struggling with is creating something like this. I have most of it except trying to query the database to for it to check if the variable is in the database.

   if ($variable == 'All') { code here }

   else if ($variable != 'ALL' != *[result in database]*) { code here }

   else { code here }

I have most of it except trying to query the database to for it to check if the variable is in the database.

Any suggestions how I can encorporate a query of a mySQL database in my if statement.

Thanks

Answer 1

if ($variable == 'All') {
 ... do something ...
} else {
   $sql = "SELECT ...";
   $result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
   $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
   if ($row['somefield'] == 'whatever') {
       ... do something else ...
   } else {
       ... do something even "elser" ...
   }
}