Question

If $userid equals $row['RequestRecipientID'] then the script will output all $row['StatusType'] which equals “Accepted”. What I’m needing for this script to do is only output the $row['StatusType'] which equals to the $userid. Any ideas?

<?php
include("enc.php");
mysqlcon();
$userid = $_SESSION['userid'];
$results = mysql_query("SELECT requests.RequestRecipientID, requests.StatusType, requests.AddedMessage, requests.FriendType, requests.RequestSentByID, requests.id, users.username, users.firstname, users.lastname, users.email, users.user_pid, users.id FROM requests, users");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($results)) {
    if ($userid == $row['RequestRecipientID']) {
        if ($row['StatusType'] == "Accepted") {
        echo $row['firstname'] . "has accepted your friend request."; // place inside  notification pane
    } elseif ($row['StatusType'] == "Denied") {
        echo $row['RequestSentByID'] . " has denied your request.";
    } elseif ($row['StatusType'] == "Pending") {
    echo "<span class='text1'>";
    echo $row['firstname'] . " " . $row['lastname'] . "<br>" . $row['AddedMessage'] . "</span>";
    echo "<form method='GET' action='protected/process-friend-request-action.php?" . $row['id'] . "'>";
    echo '<input class="action_button" name="accepted" type="submit" value="Accept" />';
    echo '<input class="action_button" name="denied" type="submit" value="Deny" />';
    echo '<input type="hidden" name="id" value="' . $row["id"] . '" />';
    echo '</form>';
    }
    }
}
?>

Answer 1

If you only need results that is related to a userid you should first filter using SQL query.

// Assuming that your SQL query is correct
// added WHERE users.RequestRecipientID = '$userid'
$results = mysql_query("SELECT requests.RequestRecipientID, requests.StatusType, requests.AddedMessage, requests.FriendType, requests.RequestSentByID, requests.id, users.username, users.firstname, users.lastname, users.email, users.user_pid, users.id FROM requests, users WHERE users.RequestRecipientID = '$userid'");

// used fetch_assoc instead of fetch_array since you are 
// not using numeric array
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($results)) {
    // normally 3 is my limit to use if-else
    // if i have more than 3, i'll use switch
    if ($row['StatusType'] == "Accepted") {
        // accepted action
    }
    elseif ($row['StatusType'] == "Denied") {
        // denied action
    }
    else {
        // not denied & accepted action
    }
}