conditional not working

[jimfog]

I have the following code:

 <?php if(empty($serviceslist))                    {                 ?>                <label>Services</label><br>                <input class='service' id='servname' size='20' type="text" name="staff">                <?php}                else                    { ?>                  <input class='service' id='servname' size='40' type="text" name="staff">                 <?php                    }                   ?>

$servicelist is an array, and in this case it is an empty array.

So,logically the statement inside the else brackets should not run,but the weird thing is that is does.

 

The end result being that the browser prints two input elements.

 

What is wrong here.

The IDE(netbeans) where I am developing the project does not indicate any syntax error.

I need to stress also that if inside the else brackets there is an echo statement("pure" PHP code),this is not going to be executed.

 

So the problem seems to be related with the HTML.

[JamesB]

Try adding a space before the } in this:

 

 

<?php}

[jimfog]

 

Try adding a space before the } in this:

<?php}

Yes...that worked.thanks.

[dsonesuk]

I thought it could not be that because you said it did not show syntax error, also netbeans usually format and indents automatically when you save, so that would not happen, so i put that down as a typo when you inserted the code.