Cookie Tutorial

[niche]

I found this in the cookie tutorial and it didn't work for me:<?phpif (isset($_COOKIE["user"])) echo "Welcome " . $_COOKIE["user"] . "!<br />";else echo "Welcome guest!<br />";?>I changed it to something that I thought would work, but I still get the error:Parse error: parse error in C:\wamp\www\temp109.php on line 3<?phpif (isset($_COOKIE['user'])) { echo "Welcome " . $_COOKIE['user'] . '<br />';}else { echo "Welcome guest!". '<br />';} ?>Why?PS <?PHP echo $_COOKIE['user']; ?> works for me

[Fmdpa]

Nothing's wrong with either script. I would usually use quotes and brackets differently, but it worked nonetheless. I tested both versions of the script, and both worked. Are you including other files, or is this the entire file?

[niche]

Now, it works for me too. Don't know what the problem was. Anyway, what's with no curly brackets? I thought they were required in an if statement.Also, what !<br/> mean? I haven't seen that before.

[birbal]

Now, it works for me too. Don't know what the problem was. Anyway, what's with no curly brackets? I thought they were required in an if statement.Also, what !<br/> mean? I haven't seen that before.

i cant remember exactly but i saw in book like that if else..where curly bracet was not using..as far i can remember it is for short hand php. though i dont use that. i am comfortable with the bracets. as far i can remember is short hand it was writing like..

if(isset($_COOKIE['something']): // it is existelse: //it doesnt exist

<br/> is simply line break code from html

[niche]

what about the exclamation mark before the break?

[Synook]

That is part of the string.

[ShadowMage]

Anyway, what's with no curly brackets? I thought they were required in an if statement.

It's just a shorthand. It's perfectly legal, however, I think it's only legal if an if/else will only have one statement per blockie, this is legal:

if (...condition...)   //do somethingelse   //do something else

This is not:

if (...condition...)   //do something   //do some more stuffelse   //do something else   //do some more stuff

Also, what !<br/> mean? I haven't seen that before.

Like Synook said, it's just part of the string that will be echoed.

[thescientist]

Now, it works for me too. Don't know what the problem was. Anyway, what's with no curly brackets? I thought they were required in an if statement.Also, what !<br/> mean? I haven't seen that before.

its part of the output, Welcome [user]!

[niche]

Oh wow. I wish I had an excuse for that last one post of mine!You all are top-notch as usual. Thanks to Fmdpa, birbal, Synook, ShadowMage, and thescientist.Niche