if/else conditional formatting - can't get it right

no idea - that's what i thought too - i'm not a php programmer and i just screwed around with it til it seemed to work event though it doesn't make any sense programmatically ;-)

can you help me get this together?

What happens if you remove all of the else statements?

Hi, just remove ELSE part. That means if eg. date is empty you don't set variable or you don't print out any code.

so for subheader would look like this.. If there is subheader you print it out otherwise nothing is printed...

if(!empty($Subheader)) {  
  echo "<p>" . $row_rsSigCases['Subheader'] . "</p>";
}

same for dataarray

if(!empty($Author)) {  
  $dataArray[] =$row_rsSigCases['Author'];
}


cheers

thanks for the help folks - i'm almost there - only bug is when a ArtDate is actually in the record i need a <p> in front of it. BUT when ArtDate is not there, it looks fine.

listed below is my current code followed by the URL to the problem formatting page (notice the date  - when the date is listed i need:
Title (or Subheader)
<p>ArtDate<br>
Author

not

Title (or Subheader)
<br>ArtDate
<p>Author

Problem URL:
http://72.29.64.29/~raynesm/news/detail.php?ID=38

Code:

<?
if(empty($Publication)) {  
 echo "<p><b>" . $row_rsSigCases['Publication'] . "</b></p>";
}
?>

           
            <p> <b><?php echo $row_rsSigCases['Title']; ?></b>
                   <?
if(empty($Subheader)) {  
   echo "<br><I>" . $row_rsSigCases['Subheader'] . "</I>";
}
?>
<?


if(empty($ArtDate)) {
 $dataArray[] = $row_rsSigCases['ArtDate'];
}
?>

               <?
if(empty($Author)) {
    $dataArray[] = $row_rsSigCases['Author'];
}


for($no=0;$no<count($dataArray);$no++){
     echo $dataArray[$no]."<p>";
}


?>

ah! there are so many different scenarios here!  if i allow for one (i.e. ArtDate and Subheader are empty those look fine)

see:
http://72.29.64.29/~raynesm/news/detail.php?ID=39

but if i have a Subheader but ArtDate is empty i get:

http://72.29.64.29/~raynesm/news/detail.php?ID=54

(there should be a <p> between Subheader and Author)

here's my most recent code:

<?
if(empty($Publication)) {  
 echo "<p><b>" . $row_rsSigCases['Publication'] . "</b></p>";
}
?>

           
            <p> <b><?php echo $row_rsSigCases['Title']; ?></b>
                   <?
if(empty($Subheader)) {  
   echo "<br><I>" . $row_rsSigCases['Subheader'] . "</I>";
}
else {
 echo "<br>" . $row_rsSigCases['Subheader'];
}
?>
<?
if(!empty($ArtDate)) {  
   echo "<br>" . $row_rsSigCases['ArtDate'];
}
else {
 echo "<br>" . $row_rsSigCases['ArtDate'];
}
?>

               <?
if(empty($Author)) {  
   echo  $row_rsSigCases['Author'];
}
?>

it seems like i need to be able to create a different conditional for each possible scenario i.e:

if Subheader and ArtDate are empty then use the following (then the code i need for that scenario to look right)
then another main conditional like if Subheader is not empty but ArtDate is, etc.

does anyone have any idea how to do this? it seems like i need  2 levels of if/else.

top levels: if Subheader and ArDate are empty then
series of if elses

another scenario:
if ArtDate is empty then
series of ifelses

i'm adding another 100 pts to sweeten the deal!