I m having a bit of a brain-fart here...lol
I was using a forloop() initially for this.. but then the conditions got a bit more advanced on things I needed to check for, as well as the output based on found/not found..
My problem is ensuring that on consecutive loops.. the else on the (no access) potion only gets echo d once... but of course on every loop it will check from the top and if not a match output the no-access text.. (on every iteration).. where it should only output once.
Originally there was only a few if() statement/checks in the foreach() loop.. where a simple break; took care of things fine...
but these if() s turned into if/else.. which means the else will get triggered on the next loop .. how can this be prevented?
$arrwebinars = ("Name1", "Name3");
foreach($arrwebinars as $webinar) {
/* Webinar 1 */
if($webinar == Name1 ) {
if($web01_title != ) {
echo "available";
} else {
echo "not available";
}
} else {
echo "no access";
}
/* Webinar 2 */
if ($webinar == Name2 ) {
if ($web02_title != ) {
echo "available";
} else {
echo "not available";
}
} else {
echo "no access";
}
/* Webinar 3 */
if ($webinar == Name3 ) {
if($web03_title != ) {
echo "available";
} else {
echo "not available";
}
} else {
echo "no access";
}
}
is there some other sort of control I can use to ensure the main if/else only gets executed once?
Sorry , I am having a hard time trying to describe this one, hopefully the code explains it all (and the problem)
thanks.
update: Current State: reverted back to foreach() loop.
User is only authorized for 2 vids (#5 & #6 we ll say..can be any of the 6 in reality)
Upon first loop/iteration.. vids 1-4 output (no access for you!) (because they dont, only #5 & #6 as stated above)
no. 5 outputs the embed code fine (access)
no. 6 says No access for you .. (even though they do/should have access)
Upon the scond iteration..vids 1-4 are duplicated, and again say "No access for you" (outside of it being a duplication..this is correct).. however, vid #5 NOW says "no access for you" (first loop it outputted fine, second loop it is looking for a new match while not what I want.. in theory this is correct.. but should have a duplicate)
Vid #6 is NOW outputting the embed code (where as on first loop it did not)..
The user has only purchased access to 2 vids.. so the loop only happens twice.
but I get 12 echo s
No matter what I should only get 6 echo s with 1 out put per video (available/not available -or- no access)
I cant seem to wrap my head around this today.. :(
Goal I want achieve:
6 outputs TOTAL
each output (echo) should ONLY have: available or not available printed (this is the nested conditional check for the blank title) -or- no access
there are 6 video to check against. the user can have purchased access to 1 or up to all 6 vids
first check is: is the webinar name in their purchased array found in the total available 6 vids available
second tier conditional check: if YES (match found == access)...then check to see if the title is missing (if there output access [video embed code]... if not there output text not available yet )
(going back to first conditional check) if there is NO ACCESS (match not found).. output no access text.
This works if I wanted duplicates on the stage/page.. (but I dont!) LOL..
I need to be limited to ONLY 6 outputs,.. as there are only a total of 6 vids available.
I DO NOT WANT:
on loop 1 it outputs access for vid#1 and #2-#6 are no access.. on loop 2 it re-states all of these outputs, has vid#1 no-access now, vid#2 has access and vids #3-#6 are no access...
etc.etc.. and the cycle continues. I m getting lost on this one!..
thanks!
