The method below is producting this debug output.

Debug (StudentSearch_Controller->StudentSearchResults() in line 74 of StudentSearch.php)
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Debug (StudentSearch_Controller->StudentSearchResults() in line 85 of StudentSearch.php)
*

...

// Get student search results for display on template
function StudentSearchResults(){

$searchstring=Session::get('SearchString');
Debug::show($searchstring);
if ($searchstring="*") {
$results = DataObject::get('Student','','Lastname,FirstName');
}
else {
$results = DataObject::get('Student',"`Lastname`='".Convert::raw2sql($searchstring)."'",'Lastname,FirstName');

}
Debug::show($searchstring);
return $results;

}

....

It seems to me that the if statement is setting the value of the searchstring.

Any ideas?

Hi.

It needs to be

if ($searchstring == "*")

There are two equals signs for testing equality. One = is assignment, even in an if-statement.

Mark

Thanks Mark. Do you know, I thought of trying that. Don't know why I didn't! I'm New to PHP and I'm to used to my old foxpro syntax days!

Much appreciated.