I Should Work But it Doesnt Help! Switch Statements,,

[Jack]

Its obvious what this should do, if i press button A it should display the message in A and so on but it doesnt work, This is more or less the same code from a textbook whats wrong with the code

//page.inc

"> <?php print "$mess" ?> <?php print $_POST['Button'] ?>

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//Code.php

<?php session_start(); switch(@$_POST['Button']) { ####################################### case "A": $mess = "you have pressed A"; include ("Page.inc"); break; ###################################### case "B": $mess = "you have pressed B"; include ("Page.inc"); break; ######################################## default: $mess = "you have pressed C"; include ("Page.inc"); } ?>

[ErnieAlex]

First, you do not need the session_start(); line as you do not have any session variables…

Next remove the “@” from in front of your $_POST line.

Lastly, most people do not use two buttons with the same name. It is quicker and easier to use different names. So, name=“button1” and name=“button2”. This makes your PHP code easier too.
You would have a separate routine to handle each button pressed…
if(isset($_POST[‘button1’]){
//handle all routines for button #1
}
same for each button… Button#1’s code above will not be executed unless it is pressed, so pressing button2 will skip over the above code.

Hope all this helps… Good luck…

[richei]

Also, aside from what ernie stated, it looks like its on 2 different pages, but its not stated in the action. So either change the action to reflect the second page or put the php above the html.

[php]

<?php switch($_POST['Button']) { case "A": $mess = "you have pressed A"; break; case "B": $mess = "you have pressed B"; include ("Page.inc"); break; default: $mess = "you have pressed C"; } ?> <?=$mess?> [/php]

One other thing, that last print won’t work. All you’ll get is Array. If want to see what’s contained in the POST array, you’ll need to either run it through a loop, use print_r() or var_dump(). Including the page doesn’t really do any good since you’re starting on that page.