if else function is not working properly in php

Question

I have a html page that asks the user to enter an email address and then when the user clicks on submit he gets redirected to a link using a php file that I made, but for some reason the php file is not working, it always redirects to the else link my php and my html are below.

<form action="/emailprocess.php">
  Email Address:<br>
  <input id="email" type="text" name="email">
  <br><br>
  <input id="emailaddress" type="submit" class="emailaddress" value="Submit">
</form>

<?php

If($_POST['email'] === "me@apple.com") {
    header("Location: https://www.google.co.uk/");

    } else {
        header("Location: https://google.com/");
    }
?>

this is more of a typo question. just add `method='post'` to your `
` — Rotimi, Sep 30 '18 at 11:17

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 30 '18 at 11:11

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You need to set method to post in html code and use if instead of IF,also better to use == instead of ===(since the later will also check the type)

HTML code:

<form action="/emailprocess.php" method="post">
  Email Address:<br>
  <input id="email" type="text" name="email">
  <br><br>
  <input id="emailaddress" type="submit" class="emailaddress" value="Submit">
</form>

PHP code:

<?php
if($_POST['email'] == "me@apple.com") {
   header("Location: https://www.google.co.uk/");
} else {
   header("Location: https://google.com/");
}
?>

answered Sep 30 '18 at 11:11

flyingfox

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works, thanks alot – Sep 30 '18 at 11:17
sure, thanks again – Sep 30 '18 at 11:26

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 30 '18 at 11:20

1

Set method=post in your HTML form.

answered Sep 30 '18 at 11:20

hitesh

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 30 '18 at 11:26

replace

<form action="/emailprocess.php">

with

<form action="/emailprocess.php" method="post">

default method attribute is get when you do no insert method attribute in form

so when you submit form this condition if($_POST['email'] == "me@apple.com") never execute

if else function is not working properly in php

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