[kh99]

Originally Posted by sailnet

thanks for the fast reply. I fail to see what I'm missing for instance:

PHP Code:

if (  (a = b) and (c = d) and (e = f) )  // condition 1
or 
  (g = h)  // condition 2
{
   do something;   // get's executed if condition 1 is true or condition 2 is true
} 


this is how I read the above code.

That's not correct syntax. An if statement has to be

if (expr) 
    statement

so all parts of the expression have to be inside the outer set of parentheses. What you have is

if (expr) or (expr)
    statement