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Strigo
Strigo

Reputation: 21

How to write php else in html

The else dosent work in this code and i have tied lot of things not just redirect()

<html>
<?php if($_SESSION['username']) : ?>
<?
echo "Hi, " .$_SESSION['username']. " | ";
?>
<a href='logout.php'>Logout</a>
<?
else
redirect();
?>
<?php endif; ?>
</html>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 120

Answers (6)

Rob Baillie
Rob Baillie

Reputation: 3470

If you're doing a redirect then I would consider having that as the primary path through the code, that way it's clear at the top rather than buried 3/4 the way down. Plus you can forget about it in the rest of the page.

E.g.

<?php
  if( ! $_SESSION['username'] ) {
    redirect();
  } else { ?>
  stuff...
<?php
  } >

Upvotes: 0

Vijay Verma
Vijay Verma

Reputation: 3698

Use colon for else condition. Also check your php support <? or not. Try this: 

<?php
    else:
    redirect();
    ?>

Upvotes: -2

Daan
Daan

Reputation: 31

the else misses a ':'

<html>
<?php if($_SESSION['username']) : ?>
    <?
    echo "Hi, " .$_SESSION['username']. " | ";
    ?>
    <a href='logout.php'>Logout</a>
<?
  else:
     redirect();
?>
<?php endif; ?>
</html>

Upvotes: 1

jszobody
jszobody

Reputation: 28941

If the alternative syntax gets you confused, you can always use the more familiar curly braces:

<?php if($_SESSION['username']) { ?>
    Hi, <?php echo $_SESSION['username'] ?> | <a href='logout.php'>Logout</a>
<? } else { redirect(); } ?>

Or do it all in PHP:

<?php 
if($_SESSION['username']) {
    echo "Hi, " . $_SESSION['username'] . " | <a href='logout.php'>Logout</a>";
} else {
    redirect();
}
?>

I personally find those a lot cleaner.

Upvotes: 2

x29a
x29a

Reputation: 1781

Are you using a special framework to construct the page? normally, what you output with PHP can be HTML as well, so no need to start/stop the scripting language and instead try something like this:

<html>
<?php 
if($_SESSION['username'])
{
    echo "Hi, " .$_SESSION['username']. " | ";
    echo "<a href='logout.php'>Logout</a>";
}
else
{
    redirect();
}

?>

Upvotes: 1

SamV
SamV

Reputation: 7586

This should clear things up for you whilst using the alternative syntax: http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.alternative-syntax.php

It should have a colon :

<?
else:
redirect();
?>

Upvotes: 8

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