Question

I have this code:

if (condition){  //number1
    if (condition){  //number2
        action
    }
}
else{
    action
}

Now if the nested if statement, number 2, turns out to be false is if possible to ‘redirect’ the program to the outside else statement rather than creating a nested else statement like so?

if (condition){  //number1
    if (condition){  //number2
        action
    }
    else {
        action;
    }
}
else {
    action
}

Edit: Here is my actual code:

if ($s == 5){  //which award is won
    $id_raw = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT user_ID FROM ".$wpdb->prefix."award".$award." WHERE user_ID='".$p_uid."'"); //check to see if user has already won this award
    if($id_raw==''){ // if he/she didnt make entry saying they did
        $wpdb->query("INSERT INTO ".$wpdb->prefix."award1 (user_ID, isTold) VALUES(".$p_uid.", 'false') ") or die(mysql_error());
        wp_delete_post( $pid, true );
    }
}
else{ 
    cp_points('voteitup_user_up', $uid, get_option('cp_module_voteitup_user_up'), $pid);
    cp_points('voteitup_author_up', $p_uid, get_option('cp_module_voteitup_author_up'), serialize(array($pid,$uid)));
}   

Answer 1

Just guessing what you actually want to do here, since your id_raw = '' is a nonsense condition and the question is unclear:

$insert = $id == 5 && !$wpdb->get_var("SELECT user_ID FROM ".$wpdb->prefix."award".$award." WHERE user_ID='".$p_uid."'");
if ($insert) {
    $wpdb->query("INSERT INTO ".$wpdb->prefix."award1 (user_ID, isTold) VALUES(".$p_uid.", 'false') ") or die(mysql_error());
    wp_delete_post( $pid, true );
} else {
    cp_points('voteitup_user_up', $uid, get_option('cp_module_voteitup_user_up'), $pid);
    cp_points('voteitup_author_up', $p_uid, get_option('cp_module_voteitup_author_up'), serialize(array($pid,$uid)));
}

Hope this gives you an idea.