you need an AND not an OR  &&

you have if one condition is true do this thing

since they both can not be !=  at the same time then you have

TRUE or FALSE  = TRUE
FALSE or TRUE = TRUE

only if they are both false will it be FALSE and not be done, make
some truth tables son
http://www.google.com/search?q=logic%20truth%20tables
Sam D

On 1/29/07, Mountain Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I did a search for "conditional statements" and "conditional
> statement" on Cake PHP and received 3 listings, none of which answers
> the following question. Thanks in advance to all who can help.
>
> I have a problem with a conditional statement and hope someone can
> offer some insight on it. The code with comments is shown below. I
> only want this code to be executed if the value of $own_files[0] is
> something other than "Yes" or "No." Unfortunately the code is executed
> when the array element holds these values.
>
> <?php
> 1  elseif(($own_files[0] != 'Yes') || ($own_files[0] != 'No')){
> 2    $state_array['own_files'] = 'false';
> 3    echo "From the function: $own_files[0]<br />";
> 4  // When the value of $own_files[0] on line 3 reads 'Yes' or 'No'
> this conditional
> 5  // code is executed. Do you see a problem with my conditional
> statement?
> 6  }
> ?>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mountain Man
>
>
> >
>


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