hey, it is not a really important problem for me because I know it something maybe missing or wrong I did by mistake but I like to ask to give me a right view. this is my code and when I run it the second if does not work it is the same example on the page 54 :

<?php
$widget = 30;
if($widget >= 30) {
echo "we have more than 30 widgets in here";
} else if( $widget == 30) {
echo "we have exactly 30 widgets in here";
} else {
echo "we have less than 30 widgets in here";
}
?>

thanks

The first if statement ( ) reads ... if @widget is Greater than or equall to 30... which evaluates to true, is being run so the else if is skipped over, even though the else evaluates to true, the first if is read by the compiler first, then because it is true, the compiler skips the else statement.

the easiest fix is to change the if to : Then the if evaluates to false, the else if evaluates to true.

yea you right, thanks I missed that, it is a simple but I do not how I missed it
thans so much