Question

So, I am scratching my head on this one. My original “IF” statement is not executing when true (I know it’s true because I have echoed the variable and it’s what should trigger the code). BUT, if the IF statement is not true, the elseif and else statements work fine. Here is the code:

    <?php
    $count=mysql_num_rows($result);
    // have also tried only one "=" sign//
    if ($count==0){
        //This is not appearing//
        echo "Your search did not yield any results. Please try another search."; 
    } else if ( //other conditions// ) {
        //code that is working fine//
    } else {
        // more code that is working fine 
        // (happens to be the same as the original if statement)
    }
    echo $count; //is printing 0 correctly, but the if statement for $count=0 not happening//
    ?>

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Ok, had a guy at work look at it and he found the error. It was in something I didn’t report because I didn’t think it would have an effect. I had a while statement before the original if, but I didn’t need it to execute unless the if was false. When I moved it to below the original if and changed elseif to another if bracketed within the while statement, it worked fine.