try empty()

if(empty($lastname))
    {
    $badvalue = 1;
    }

if(empty($firstname))
    {
    $badvalue = 1;
    }

if(!$badvalue)
    {
    // insert
    }


I'd really advise using 1/0 or TRUE/FALSE instead of yes/no for values like
$insert, because the if statements are a lot quicker to write:

if($value) { ... } or if(!$value) { ... }

rather than

if($value == "yes") { ... } or if($value == "no") { ... }


read this whole page:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.boolean.php
and
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.empty.php


Regards,

Justin French






on 28/06/02 4:20 PM, Martin Towell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

> see if isset() works for you
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 6:42 PM
> To: php.net
> Subject: [PHP] checking
> 
> 
> I have a form and I don't want to insert recording with blank value.
> I put:
> if ($lastname="") {
> $insert="no"
> }
> if ($insert="no"){
> do not insert;
> else
> insert;
> }
> my probleme is in some case $lastname="" is true and other case is false.
> I tried with $lastname=" " but no change. how can I check if a varible is
> empty or not?
> 
> leo
> 
> 


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