im having a bit of trouble with an if else statement.

here what i want to do:

if $page == "members" and the variable $member has a value (only if it has a value) that is NOT "hitraj47" or "neoboy" then include "members/$member.php"

else print "blah"

er.. does that make sense?

here is what i have at the moment:

PHP Code:

if ($page == "members" && $member == $member && !($member == "hitraj47") || !($member == "neoboy")) {
include "members/$member.php";

} else {
print "blah";
} 


I'd make an array of the members you want to exclude, then use in_array().

PHP Code:

$not_members = array('hitraj47', 'neoboy');

if($page == "members" && !in_array($member, $not_members))
{
    include "members/$member.php";
}

else
{
    print "blah";
} 


To make sure $member has a value, you could enclose Chroder's if-else statement inside this one:

PHP Code:

if(!empty($member))
{
   
} 


I just noticed that you are including a file based on a variable, presumably user inputted. Be careful with this, a user can enter anything. For example, what if a user enters "../../../../somescript" or the likes? Your script allows a user to try and include any script outside of the "members" directory, which can be dangerous.

thanks for your help

used a switch statement instead, then users can't access directories and it works how i want.