have you tried printing them out with surrounding characters, like
echo 'row8=(',$row[8],') LOGINNAME=(',$LOGINNAME,')'; to see if there are leading or trailing spaces? On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Pafo wrote: > heh,, is it just me or can anyone see whats wrong with this code... > > $query = "SELECT * FROM logininfo WHERE loginname = '$LOGINNAME'"; > if ($result = mysql_query($query)){ > while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)){ > $temp = $row[8]; > $temp2 = $LOGINNAME; > if ($temp == $temp2) { <-------------- this dosent work > $ierror = "Loginnamnet är redan upptaget!<br>" . $ierror; } > } > } else { print "error"; } > mysql_close($db); > > i have tried: > if ($row[8] == $LOGINNAME) { > > dosent work either, and when i write: > > while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)){ > print $row[8] . "-" . $LOGINNAME; > > it shows the exact same information > > anyone got any idea? > > patrick > > > > -- > 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