Why won't this script work??

**luchazard** · Sep 6, 2001 15:08

Here it is, very simple:

PHP Code:


<?



// if $name doesn't exist, display the first page



if (!$name)



{



?>



<html>

<form method="POST" action="login.php">

So what's your name?

<input type="text" name="name" size="10">

<input type="submit" name="submit">

</form>

</html>



<?



}

else

{



// if $name does exist, the form has been submitted



switch ($name) {



case 1: "Luke"

echo("<center><b>Welcome Luke!</center></b>");

break;



case 2: "Neo":

echo("<center><b>Welcome to the Matrix!</center></b>");

break;



default:

echo("$name - Who are you?"); } }



?>

When I run it I get this error:

Parse error: parse error in /home/luchazard/www/login.php on line 30

Thanks in advance!

**seanf** · Sep 6, 2001 15:18

Your switch statement was wrong:

PHP Code:


<?



// if $name doesn't exist, display the first page



if (!$name)



{



?>



<html>

<form method="POST" action="login.php">

So what's your name?

<input type="text" name="name" size="10">

<input type="submit" name="submit">

</form>

</html>



<?



}

else

{



// if $name does exist, the form has been submitted



switch ($name) {



case "Luke":

echo("<center><b>Welcome Luke!</center></b>");

break;



case "Neo":

echo("<center><b>Welcome to the Matrix!</center></b>");

break;



default:

echo("$name - Who are you?"); } }



?>

Sean

**luchazard** · Sep 6, 2001 15:36

Thanks Sean! It works but I want to know what you changed (what did I have wrong)??

Thanks!

**therunes** · Sep 6, 2001 23:34

How exactly did you get that form element in the title of the post?

**Defender1** · Sep 7, 2001 00:31

in your cases, you don't put numbers.
just

PHP Code:


case "whatever":

//not

case 1: "whatever"

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