When doing the if else for the gender at steps 5, 6 and 7 he writes that the code should go
if (isset($_REQUEST['gender'])) {$gender = $_REQUEST['gender'];
if ($gender == 'M') {$greeting = '<p><b>Good Day, Sir!</b></p>';}
elseif ($gender == 'F') {$greeting = '<p><b>Good Day, Madam!</b></p>';}
else {$gender = NULL; echo '<p class="error">Gender Should be either "M" or "F"!</p>';}
else {$gender = NULL; echo '<p class="error"> You forgot to select your gender!</p>';}
Yet when you look at the example code in 2.4 it is written as:
if (isset($_REQUEST['gender'])) {$gender = $_REQUEST['gender'];
if ($gender == 'M') {echo '<p><b>Good Day, Sir!</b></p>';}
elseif ($gender == 'F') {echo '<p><b>Good Day, Madam!</b></p>';}
else {$gender = NULL; echo '<p class="error">Gender Should be either "M" or "F"!</p>';}
else {$gender = NULL; echo '<p class="error"> You forgot to select your gender!</p>';}
I seem to have missed why there is the difference in the two examples. Is one right and not the other? Does it matter which way you do it? Am i just totally over looking something? Wondered if i could get any help.