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PHP If Elseif with string in query

Hi,
Struggling with possibly a simple solution:

I have the below code:

<?php
$profile = $row_usr_profile_type['value'];

if ($profile == 'University') {?>
<a href="university.php" >Edit profile</a>

<?php } elseif ($profile == 'School') { ?>
<a href="school.php" >Edit profile</a>
    
<?php } else { ?>
<a href="others.php" >Edit profile</a>
<?php } ?>

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What I want is when $profile "Contains" the word University, the link need to be changed. I know the current one is "Equal" not "Contains" I tried with "strpos" but couldn't find an example to hold multiple values. What I tried is as below:

<?php 
$string = '$profile';
if ( strpos($string, 'School') !== false )
{
    echo 'School Link';


} elseif( strpos($string, 'University') !== true )
	echo "University Link";


else {
	echo "Other Link";
}

?>

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Can any one be of help please.
Thanks
Jay

Gary

$string = '$profile';
should be

$string =$profile;

Though I don't know why you are assigning a variable to another variable

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Graham N.

You have a couple of options, assuming of course that you are only dealing with 3 possible values (namely "university", "school" and "others"). The first is example below is less efficient than the second example:

Example 1:

<?php
$profile = $row_usr_profile_type['value'];
$ths_link="others.php";
if (strtolower($profile) == 'university') { $ths_link="university.php"; }
if (strtolower($profile) == 'school') { $ths_link="school.php"; }
echo('<a href="'.$ths_link.'" >Edit profile</a>');
?>

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Example 2: (recommended)

<?php
$profile = strtolower($row_usr_profile_type['value']);
$ths_link="others.php";
if ($profile=="university" or $profile=="school") { $ths_link=$profile.".php"; }
echo('<a href="'.$ths_link.'" >Edit profile</a>');
?>

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Gary

You didn't read the question - how can they check it 'contains' the word not equal to and anyway the issue is
$string = '$profile' should be $string = $profile;

jayseena

ASKER

Though I don't know why you are assigning a variable to another variable

Yeah.. my ignorance. There should be a better way to do this, for sure. But right now it works for me.

$string = '$profile' should be $string = $profile;

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Just another simple question, how can I echo <a href="publisher_profile.php?org_id=<?php echo $row_usr_profile_type['oraganisaiton_id']; ?>" target="submitform">build / Edit profile</a> instead of echo 'School Link';

@grahamnonweiler, thanks for your input. I didn't try your suggestion as the first suggestion itself worked for me. Thanks again for your time.

@GaryC123, Thanks for your help.

Jay

Gary

Just simply...

echo '<a href="publisher_profile.php?org_id=' . $row_usr_profile_type['oraganisaiton_id'] . ' target="submitform">Build / Edit profile</a>';

I assume oraganisaiton is just a typo (organisation)

Graham N.

@GaryC123 - I did read the question, perhaps your abruptness is unintentional, but either way unwarranted! I answered the "requirement" rather than focus on the "unnecessary".

Ray Paseur

I think if this is a query results set, you might be able to SELECT only the data you want or GROUP to get the data collection you want. If that's not possible with the current table structure, you might add a column that will hold the URL of the link. Then you would have less programming logic (hence less time wasted debugging and less risk of error). Just a thought, ~Ray