if else crashes script

[yamy]

this bit of scripting crashes the page when i add it into the existing php scripted page that is handling the form data from another page.

// checks for a set radio button and assigns the value to a variable (or NULL)

if (isset($_REQUEST['gender'])) {
$gender = $_REQUEST['gender'];
} else {
$gender = NULL;
}

//print a message based on the gender value

if ($gender == 'm') {
echo '<p>good day,
sir</p>';
}elseif ($gender == 'f') {
echo '<p>good day,
miss</p>';
} else }
echo '<p>please select
a gender</p>';
}

I've looked at this for an hour now, fixed a typo here and there. i tried double quotes on the echo statement, but still cannot get it to play nice.

this new snippet is inside the <?php ?> tags,
the variable assignment is in line with the other variable assigns;
the echo request follows another echo request that functioned fine before this was added.

any ideas?

thanks
yamy

 

[thedaver]

Your problem is near the end of the second snippet:

} else }


should be

} else {

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[yamy]

i knew it was going to be that simple. i've just been looking at it for too long.

thanks!