PHP script problem,, Phil does this help

[city]

if ($action=="add_two") {
if ($name=="" or $email=="" or $password=="" or $post=="") {
showheader("All the Fields Have Not Been Filled in");
echo "You Must Fill in all fields before proceeding";
showfooter();
exit;
}


<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="<?php echo $PHP_SELF ?>">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" name="action" value="add_two">


This is part of a script to provide a discussion forum.And some the related HTML. Whats bugging me is what exactlly does the if statement at the top do. if ($action=="add_two") i know it has something to with the form HTML thats why included but i have no idea on its functionality.

help

thanks

[phil karras]

How are we supposed to know without the code it refers to?

I can only tell you that if the $action var contains the word "add_two" then it does what's inside but only IF all the other input fields have something in them, the second if statement.
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[city]

Phil here some more of te code,

<?php

require( './functions.php3');

if ($action=="add_two") {
if ($name=="" or $email=="" or $password=="" or $post=="") {
showheader("All the Fields Have Not Been Filled in");
echo "You Must Fill in all fields before proceeding";
showfooter();
exit;
}
addpost();
showheader("Your Post has successfully been added");
echo "Your post was added, and your post password is $password.<P>You may go back now and view it";
showfooter();
}
else {
$topic_query = mysql_query("SELECT TopicName FROM topics WHERE (ID=$topicID)");
$topic = mysql_fetch_array($topic_query);
?>




<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="<?php echo $PHP_SELF ?>">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" name="action" value="add_two">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" name="topicID" value="<?php echo $topicID ?>">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" name="TopicName" value="<?php echo $topic['TopicName'] ?>">


i hope that can help phil in what the code is referring too same qusetion as before whatis the action varaible doing.

thanks city.