I feel fairly new to this as well but I think that, whilst your logic is right, the syntax may be a little off.
if ($action == "textstring) { echo "true"; } else { echo "false"; } Above should show how the syntax will rok. Good luck Michael phantom wrote: > > Bear with me, new to PHP and got a beginner's questions > > How do I run an if statement and the if statement compares a String? > > IN ASP (yes I Know, ASP is evil) I would have wrote > > if (String(Request("Action"))=="Submit") > do this > > In PHP I have tried > > if ($Action == "Submit") but I get a parse error in that statement. > What am I doing wrong? Thank you. I did an echo $Action to confirm > that it's value is Submit. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]