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Abid
Abid

Reputation: 129

If else not working in jquery

I am facing a small issue with jquery code below.The first if segment of the code is working fine but the else part is not working.

function show_table() {
        var table_name = '<?php echo $table_name; ?>';
        if(table_name = "users" ) {
            $("#users").css('display', 'block');
        }else if(table_name = "questions") {
            $("#questions").css('display', 'block');

        }
    }


  $(document).ready(function() {
        $("#block").click(function() {
            show_table();
            return false;
        });
    });

<a id="block" class="btn btn-info fa fa-cog" href=""></a>

<div style="display: none;" id="questions">
   <p>Questions</p>
</div>

<div style="display: none;" id="users">
   <p>users</p>
</div>

Can any one please help me solve this issue.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 115

Answers (3)

Prashanth Benny
Prashanth Benny

Reputation: 1608

This error must be because you are assigning the variable table_name with the string "users" rather than checking weather equal to it, in the if condition. i.e, you have a small typo error at the if condition statement if(table_name = "users" ) in the third line of your code.

change it like if(table_name == "users" ) and the code is bound to work.

not only on the third line's if condition, its repeated regularly in the if condition. replace the = with == in all the if conditions.

hope this helps and the code works.. :)

Upvotes: 4

Ishank
Ishank

Reputation: 2926

Use == NOT = in the if and else if condition , using = will always result true and so the if condition will always be executed unless the assign is to a 0 or NaN or undefined or other falsy values.

Upvotes: 4

pritaeas
pritaeas

Reputation: 2093

Use == instead of =. The former is a comparison, while the latter is an assignment.

    if (table_name == "users" ) {
        $("#users").css('display', 'block');
    } else if(table_name == "questions") {
        $("#questions").css('display', 'block');
    }

Read more in the documentation.

Upvotes: 3

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