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PHP

Posted by Andrew McCombs
Andrew McCombs
4,309 Points

If Statement Help - PHP

I don't understand how to run this the right way, what I want it if the first part of the if statement isnt trun then see if the second on is.

if (($user_ok === true && $log_username === $post_author) && ($user_ok === true && $log_userlevel === 7 && $log_userlevel === 8)){
                echo $editPostbtn;
            }

2 Answers

Timothy Rimnac
Timothy Rimnac
26,219 Points
Timothy Rimnac
Timothy Rimnac
26,219 Points

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking but I'm assuming that you want to check if one OR the other condition is true. Using the '&&' means that both the first AND the second condition is true. You'll want to use the OR comparator also known in PHP as the double pipe, '||'.

Try running the code as 

if (($user_ok === true && $log_username === $post_author) || ($user_ok === true && $log_userlevel === 7 && $log_userlevel === 8)){
                echo $editPostbtn;
            }

Notice that the '&&' between the two conditionals was replaced with '||', also known as the OR comparator.

Bill Hinostroza
Bill Hinostroza
19,273 Points
Bill Hinostroza
Bill Hinostroza
19,273 Points

I don't know if this is what you're looking but it was worth giving it a try.

if ($user_ok === true && $log_username === $post_author){
   echo $editPostbtn;
} 
elseif($user_ok === true && $log_userlevel === 7 && $log_userlevel === 8)){
    echo "Whatever";          
 }
else{
  echo "Please input the correct information."
}