Problems a Javascript else/if statement and variables.

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var areaname = "<?php echo $arename; ?>";

if(areaname = "listings-residential"){
    document.location.href="residential.php";
} else {
    document.location.href="commercial.php";
}
//-->
</script>

Code (markup):

This is the code I am using and regardless of what info is in the variable it always re-directs to the first link.

 

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var areaname = "<?php echo $arename; ?>";

if(areaname [COLOR="red"]==[/COLOR] "listings-residential"){
    document.location.href="residential.php";
} else {
    document.location.href="commercial.php";
}
//-->
</script>

Code (markup):

You need 2 equals signs otherwise your just setting areaname to the value on the right.

= is set variable one to variable 2
== is the comparision operator

Check out w3schools.com for some great tutorials.

 

I adjusted it and now it always go to the "else" link in the code. Hmmmmmmmm. I will have to check out those tutorials.

 

Put single quote marks instead of double quotes around the string in the if statement.