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                <?php 

                if ($user->getProfile()->get('title')="Canon"); {
                echo "Test1"; }
                else {
                echo "Test2"; }

                ?>

This is causing my site to break, is there an obvious mistake? Thank you.

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 15 '14 at 14:05

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= is an assignment, you want == for a comparison.

You also shouldn't have a ; between ) and {.

answered Sep 15 '14 at 14:05

Quentin

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 15 '14 at 14:06

This will work:

  <?php 

            if ( ($user->getProfile()->get('title')) == "Canon" ){ 
              echo "Test1";
            }
            else {
            echo "Test2"; 
            }

            ?>

First of all You need a comparison '==' and not an assigning '='

And then You have a syntax error with a ';' after the condition

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 15 '14 at 14:06

You need to change the = sign to == as the first one assigns a values while the latter one compares it.

And also, you don't need to terminate the if statement with a semicolon

if ($user->getProfile()->get('title') == "Canon") /* note that there is no semicolon here */ 
{ echo "Test1"; }
            else 
{ echo "Test2"; }

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 15 '14 at 14:07

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            <?php 

            if ($user->getProfile()->get('title')=="Canon") {
                echo "Test1"; 
            }

            else {
                echo "Test2"; 
            }


            ?>

Try this.

answered Sep 15 '14 at 14:07

user3849925

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