I'm guessing it's out of context. It must be after an if block, and before and else block:
if ($value) { print "some stuff is true"; } elseif(!(preg_match("/^[A-Za-z0-9-]+$/",$uname))) { print "$uname is valid"; } else { print "$uname is not valid"; } ----------------------------- If is the "if", else is the "if not". If there is "if" and multiple "ors", then all but the last "or" is elseif. "If a is red": if ($a == "red"){ print "you chose red"; } else { print "you did not choose red"; } ------------------------------------- "If a is red, or blue, or green, or yellow": if ($a == "red"){ print "you chose red"; } elseif ($a == "blue"){ print "you chose blue"; } elseif ($a == "green"){ print "you chose green"; } elseif ($a == "yellow"){ print "you chose yellow"; } else{ print "you did not chose red, blue, green, or yellow"; } HTH, Peter Janett New Media One Web Services ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Upgrades Are Now Live!!! Windows 2000 accounts - Cold Fusion 5.0 and Imail 7.1 Sun Solaris (UNIX) accounts - PHP 4.0.6, mod_perl/1.25, Stronghold/3.0 (Apache/1.3.22), MySQL 3.23.43 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PostgreSQL coming soon! http://www.newmediaone.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] (303)828-9882 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Nick Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 11:19 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] What's wrong w/ this line? > Nick, > > I believe you need a space between 'else' and 'if'. Should be two separate > words. If that doesn't work, please send more of the code. > > Regards, > Jason Cox > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nick Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PHP General" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 11:04 PM > Subject: [PHP] What's wrong w/ this line? > > > > PHP seems to be completly ignoring this line... > > > > Funny part is that i use this same line in another place in my code and it > > works fine there... i have no clue - Need coffee. > > > > } elseif(!(preg_match("/^[A-Za-z0-9-]+$/",$uname))) { > > > > //Nick Richardson > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- We must come to see that the end we seek, is a society -- > > -- at peace with itself. A society that can live with its -- > > -- concience. That will be a day not of the white man, not -- > > -- of the black man... That will be the day of man, as man! -- > > -- -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- > > -- -March 25th, 1965 -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php