My if statement is not working correctly

PHP
1

Maybe it’s from lack of sleep but i’m stumped.

<?php 
if ($_SESSION['captcha_status'] = 'failed'){
echo '<strong>You entered the verification code incorrectly, please scroll down and try again</strong>';
session_destroy();
}
?>

My web page displays the echo content always. Whether $_SESSION[‘captcha_status’] has a value or not, the echo content displays at all times.

Any ideas?

Thank you in advance.

2

<?php
if ($_SESSION[‘captcha_status’] == ‘failed’){
echo ‘<strong>You entered the verification code incorrectly, please scroll down and try again</strong>’;
session_destroy();
}
?>

You missed the second equals in the if.

3

Indeed.

Your assigning the value ‘failed’ to your session var, assigning always equates to true so you’ll always be caught by your if statement.

Change to == or ===.

:wink:

4

lol funny, wow. Thank you guys :slight_smile:

5 

//better approach
if ($_SESSION['captcha_status'] == 'failed'){
echo '<strong>You entered the verification code incorrectly, please scroll down and try again</strong>';
unset($_SESSION['captcha_status'] );
}
6

May I ask why this is a better approach? I just started working with sessions a few days before this post.

Thank you in advance :slight_smile: