simple php help needed.

I'm kinda learning php as I go.... need a little help with this one. Pages are dynamic and get information from the following:

<?php
if ($state == 'Arizona') { $abbr = "AZ"; } { $misspell = "Arazona"; }
if ($state == 'California') { $abbr = "CA"; } { $misspell = "Californa"; }
if ($state == 'Colorado') { $abbr = "CO"; } { $misspell = "Colarado"; }
if ($state == 'Connecticut') { $abbr = "CT"; } { $misspell = "Conecticut"; }
if ($state == 'Delaware') { $abbr = "DE"; } { $misspell = "Deleware"; }
?>

What's happening is that the first part of the if then statement is working on the page but the misspell is taking it from the last in the list. For example... An arizona page will correctly use the ($state == 'Arizona') and the { $abbr = "AZ"; } but then it is taking the misspell from { $misspell = "Deleware"; }. It's probably something simple that I'm just missing. Please help.

 

Thanks alot Shawn... got it workin with that code.

 

Re:

<?php
    switch ($state) {
    case "Arizona":
        $abbr = 'AZ';
        $misspell = 'Arazona';
        break;
    case "California":
        $abbr = 'CA';
        $misspell = 'Californa';
        break;        
    case "Colorado":
        $abbr = 'CO';
        $misspell = 'Colarado';
        break;
    }
?> 

PHP:

It is, I'd say, always wise to add a default option to switch blocks for the possibility that an unexpected (or invalid) option is presented:

<?php
    switch ($state) {
    case "Arizona":
        $abbr = 'AZ';
        $misspell = 'Arazona';
        break;
    case "California":
        $abbr = 'CA';
        $misspell = 'Californa';
        break;        
    case "Colorado":
        $abbr = 'CO';
        $misspell = 'Colarado';
        break;    
    default:
        --put here whatever is necessary to safely handle unexpected inputs--
    }
?> 

PHP:

Note that no break statement is needed for the last option (though it assuredly is for all the others), though putting one in is harmless.

 

Or an other way

 

I tried that #2 before I posted to the forum and it didn't work. I was getting the same result as the code I posted.

 

What exactly are you trying to accomplish? Are you trying to catch a misspelled state that a user might accidently submit to your site through a form? Or are you trying to add common misspellings to your pages so you catch searches done from a search engine with a misspelled state in the search terms?

 

misspellings on pages.... but don't worry about it, it's already figured out.