Thanks "return" thats it! I hadn't appreciated that include was a function! I keep thinking like a C/C++ programmer, must stop. Punishment is 8 lines of "include is not a pre-processor directive".
include is not a pre-processor directive include is not a pre-processor directive include is not a pre-processor directive include is not a pre-processor directive include is not a pre-processor directive include is not a pre-processor directive include is not a pre-processor directive include is not a pre-processor directive Thankyou once again Henry "M A Bond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Or just do a return(); > > <?php > if (empty($_POST['search_criteria'])) > { > echo "You must provide search criteria"; > return; > } > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roedel, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 21 August 2002 15:48 > To: Henry; php-general > Subject: RE: [PHP] Exiting from an include or required file > > > > Seems like the easy way, at least in this case, would be to make the second > part of your File A an "else" to your "if". > > <?php > if (empty($_POST['search_criteria'])) { > echo "You must provide search criteria"; > } else { > echo "You provided search criteria"; > } > > > --- > Mark Roedel | "Blessed is he who has learned to laugh > Systems Programmer | at himself, for he shall never cease > LeTourneau University | to be entertained." > Longview, Texas, USA | -- John Powell > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Henry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 9:40 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [PHP] Exiting from an include or required file > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I would like to exit from an include file and continue in the calling > > script! > > > > As an example > > > > FILE A: > > > > <?php > > if (empty($_POST['search_criteria')) > > { > > echo "You must provide search criteria"; > > > > // exit the include file here!!!! But how? > > } > > > > echo "You have provided serach criteria"; > > ?> > > > > > > FILE B > > > > #include "A"; > > > > <form method=post> > > <input name=search_criteria type=text> > > </form> > > > > TIA > > > > Henry > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
