Problem passing values from array

$feed = array (
	'psp' => '7',
	'ps3' => '9',
	'xbox360' => '17',
	'wii' => '14',
	'nds' => '12',
	'reviews' => '21',
	'main' => '2,3,7,9,12,14,17'
);

if (isset($section)) {
	$forumid = $feed[$section];
} else {
	$forumid = $feed['main'];
}

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The $forumid is then passed onto a mysql query. Problem is, its only listening to the else statement. Its ignoring all other values in the array, say for example if section=psp is passed in the URL it will still output the main feed.

I think the problem is the if statement, but not sure whats wrong. If I manually pass the $section var it works fine, so can't be the array or query.

 

Echo the $section then so you know why the if statement is failing to turn true.

 

ah, thanks - I noticed it wasn't echoing anything so I added

$section = $_GET['section'];

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and now it works Cheers

 

That's the beauty of dead simple debugging. ECHO the lot and see whether it is what you expected. Work your way up from there.

 

I agree with you very much on this one TopS30

When I am debugging a script I start inserting echos and print_r's all the way along the script and see what the output is at the end. Very good and very useful then more advanced debugging techniques imo.