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servalman

Community Member, 211 Posts

22 July 2010 at 10:59pm

Hi

Can someone tells me what's wrong with this :

public function hasPress()
{
if ($this->PressRelease == '') then return false;
else return true;
}

I'm getting an unexpected T_RETURN but I don't know what to correct all the ; seems to be in the right place

thanks

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UncleCheese

Forum Moderator, 4102 Posts

24 July 2010 at 6:56am

Edited: 24/07/2010 6:57am

There is no "then" in PHP syntax.

Also, your function is unnecessarily complicated. Here it is, revised:

public  function hasPress() 
{ 
return $this->PressRelease != '';
}

In all honesty, you can probably just say,

return $this->PressRelease.

If $this->PressRelease is null or empty, that is evaluated as false in PHP.

That function is useless on a template, btw, because <% if PressRelease %> does the same thing.