Conditional and Operator problem

[Steve999]

Hello,
I'm new to PHP and need a liitle help with this code I'm working on.

$Shipping_Method = $METHOD;
$dlr = 70.00;
 
    if ($Shipping_Method == 'Priority') 
    {$Shipping_Method = 'Blue';}
   else if ($Shipping_Method == 'Express Overnight') 
    {$Shipping_Method = 'Red Saver';}
else if ($TOTAL >= $dlr && $Shipping_Method == 'Ground'   ) 
    {$Shipping_Method = 'Priority1';} 
    else 
    {$Shipping_Method = 'Ground';} 
 

If the user chooses Priority shipping than the Shipping method will be Blue, ect. That part seems to work.
I stuck on is this part....

else if ($TOTAL >= $dlr && $Shipping_Method == 'Ground'   ) 
    {$Shipping_Method = 'Priority1';} 
    else 
    {$Shipping_Method = 'Ground';} 
 

If the total($TOTAL) is greater than 70($dlr) then the output should be "Priority1" if the total is less that 70 the output should be "Ground"

Every time I set the shipping method to ground and the total greater than 70 I get "Ground" where I should be getting "Priority"

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

[Markus]

I can't seem to replicate your problem..

but something else I can add (thank god) is that when you use a conditional statement that only has one operation to execute, you need not use the curly braces.

EG:

# don't need braces
if($i != $x)
    echo "No braces";
 
# need braces
if($i != $x)
{
    echo "Does need";
    echo " braces";
}
 

[Atli]

I can't seem to replicate the problem either.

What exactly is the value of $TOTAL?

[Steve999]

Hello,
My problem was $TOTAL was passing "$14.99", I removed the dollar sign so it was passing"14.99" and it works.

when you use a conditional statement that only has one operation to execute, you need not use the curly braces.

As for the curly braces I will removed those.

Thanks for your help

[Markus]

Hello,
As for the curly braces I will removed those.

Thanks for your help

It's not necessary, but it just saves some keystrokes.

Regards.