Simple Simple PHP If Statement Help Please!

OK, I have:

<?php if($dabadee !== '') { echo $dabadee; } else { echo da_badoo(); } ?>

This is correct, however i want to change the second part so that if dabadee is not there it will output some string e.g "hello" ?

At the moment it will output da_badoo();, but i want to change this to some string but can't get it to work? So instead of da_badoo(); it should output the word "hello"

 

<?php if($dabadee!='' )//diff
{
echo $dabadee;
}
else
{
echo "Hello";//diff
}
?>

PHP:

'//diff' indiciates the lines that have been changed.
If the string you want to output contains a variable that should be parsed, wrap your string in double quotes, else if use single quotes.

 

Thankyou, worked great especially with your detailed explanation, again thanks very much!!

 

Also, use this

<?php if(!empty($dabadee))//diff
{
echo $dabadee;
}
else
{
echo "Hello";//diff
}
?>

PHP:

http://php.net/empty will probably be easier for you to use than typing $var != '' or $var == '' etc etc. Save some typing I guess

 

^empty() will treat 0 as empty too.