Hi all,

I am trying to make some php code that executes a function if a variable has the right value, and to give that variable a value in a number of conditional statements (if I get the terminology right).

To do this I started trying to set variable 1 and then variable 2, and then to change variable 2 dependent on what variable 1 is, and finally execute the function if variable 2 has the right value.

Here is the code:
Unfortunately I cannot get this to work. I know the last conditional statement and the function work because tested by simply setting callModornot to 1.
In reality I am getting moap_inexclude from a xml file and I was also able to test that the code gets the value from that xml file.
So the problem must be in the lines I commented with from here/to here.
I thought that it might have something to do with whether or not the variable is available in a conditional statement and read a bit about the scope of local and global variables but that does not seem to apply here.

Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong?

1. In your function you need to add the word "function" or this will not work.
2. It is a good idea to go ahead and assign $callModornot a value you would test it and assign the value, with the "else" statement.

function textfunction() {
    echo "text";
}

$moap_inexclude = 'module';

if ($moap_inexclude == 'module') {
    $callModornot = 1;
} else {
    $callModornot = 0;
}

if ($callModornot) {
    textfunction();
}

I am not sure what you are using $callModornot for but another way you could do this is and cut down on your conditional statements is.

function textfunction() {
    echo "text";
}

$moap_inexclude = 'module';

if ($moap_inexclude == 'module') {
    $callModornot = 1;
    textfunction();
} else {
    $callModornot = 0;
}

Thanks for your swift reply!

Ad 1. You're right of course, and in the actual code the word "function" is there.

Ad 2. The if-else did the trick, thanks! - I hope it will continue working as I add additional conditions, see next point..

Ad 3. What I am working towards is testing against a number of conditions to see if the function should be executed. I thought the best way was to declare $callModornot and then use conditional statements to determine if it should be 0 or 1.
Basically I have three scenarios. In the first, when the value of $moap_inexclude is 'module', the function should simply execute. In the second scenario, when $moap_inexclude has a value of 'exclude', the idea is to set $callModornot to 1 and then test against a number of conditions to see if it should be set to 0. The other way around is the third scenario, when the value of $moap_inexclude is 'include', which sets $callModornot to 0 and then tests against a number of conditions to see if it should be set to 1.
I do not know if there is a smarter way to do this, but to illustrate here is the current state of progress with the second scenario: