String in if else statement doesn't work.

[jake edwards]

I have specified a variable in a href, but the variable won't work in an ifelse statement.  What am I doing wrong?
In the following example I always get 'other' when I should be getting 'hello'.

Example:

<a href='/site.php?section=helloworld'>Link[/url] //link to site.php

//in site.php
$section = $_GET['section'];
  if  ($section == "helloworld")
{
echo "hello";
  }
elseif ($section == "goodbye")
{
echo "goodbye";
  }
else
{
echo "other";
  }

[kris540]

try it this way:

Code: [Select]

<a href='/site.php?section=helloworld'>Link[/url] //link to site.php

//in site.php
$section = $_GET['section'];
if($section != ""){
if($section == "helloworld"){
echo "hello";
    }
    if($section == "goodbye"){
    echo "goodbye";
}
}else{
echo "other";
}