RE: [PHP] Maybe an HTML prob?

Aha! The secret handshake. That was it. Thanks to Brad and to David for
pointing me to an invaluable online php resource.

Frank

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Fuller [mailto:bfuller@cpacampaigns.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 12:42
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: RE: [php] Maybe an HTML prob?
>
> if ($Permission = "Yes")
>
> should be
>
> if ($Permission == "Yes")
>
> It's one of those elusive little oversights we've all come across in our
> time. :)
>
> -B
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Frank Reichenbacher, Bio-Concepts, Inc. [mailto:frank@bio-con.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:53 PM
> > To: php-general@lists.php.net
> > Subject: [php] Maybe an HTML prob?
> >
> > I am trying to pass the results of a form to a simple php mail()
> routine.
> > Everything works except the checkbox, Permission". No matter what state
> > the
> > checkbox is in, the php says it is whatever the "value" is set to on the
> > form. I must not be trying to pull the checkbox state correctly.
> >
> > I've tried several different means of evaluating $Permission, including
> > using empty() and isset(), but no matter what, $Permission always
> returns
> > whatever value is set in "value" on the form. In the case below, echo
> > $Permission returns "Yes" whether the box is checked or not.
> >
> > Here is the relevant code slightly doctored so as not to give a way a
> site
> > in early development:
> >
> > FORM:
> > <tr>
> > <td valign="top">
> > <input type="checkbox" name="Permission" value="Yes" tabindex="12"
> > checked></td>
> > <td><font face="Verdana" size="2">I grant permission to include the
> > above information on the website</font></td>
> > </tr>
> >
> > ACTION:
> > <?php
> > $to = $_POST["to"];
> > $FName = $_POST["FName"];
> > $MI = $_POST["MI"];
> > $LName = $_POST["LNAME"];
> > $Specialty = $_POST["Specialty"];
> > $Quals = $_POST["Quals"];
> > $Hospital = $_POST["Hospital"];
> > $Address1 = $_POST["Address1"];
> > $Address2 = $_POST["Address2"];
> > $Address3 = $_POST["Address3"];
> > $Address4 = $_POST["Address4"];
> > $Telephone = $_POST["Telephone"];
> > $Fax = $_POST["Fax"];
> > $New_First_Email = $_POST["New_First_Email"];
> > $OldEmail = $_POST["OldEmail"];
> > $Permission = $_POST["Permission"];
> > if ($Permission = "Yes") {
> > $Permission = "Yes";
> > } else {
> > $Permission = "No";
> >
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