[clug] need another set of eyes - PHP when no variable is passed

[Cody Miller]

This should do the trick :)

if ( !isset($_GET['menu']) ) $menu = 'home';

Cheers,
Cody Miller


On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:10:41 +1100, "Kristy A. Bennett" <kristy at kristy.id.au> wrote:
> Okay,
> 
> It's just one of those days >:o
> 
> Okay so here's the dilemma.  I have a page - say index.php which has a
> variable 'menu' to be passed back to itself.  This variable is then used
> to call in flash movie (yeah, yeah I know....).  This part was working
> and but I have since broken it again.  However, the problem does not lie
> here.
> 
> I cannot for the life of me work out how to set a default variable if
> one is not passed (eg user goes to index.php as opposed to
> index.php?menu="about").
> 
> I have tried if(!$menu) {blah} and if ($menu=="") {blah}.  Neither work
> - is there any other solution that I have just simply overlooked?
> 
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