elseif help!

Posted on 16th Feb 2014 07:03 pm by admin

OK so I'm new to the site, as well as PHP altogether (Trying my hand at managing an online RPG) and so far it's been quite smooth. However whilst trying to change an aspect of the game from giving the user the location of another user into giving the user the continent another user is in I have become a bit stuck. Here is the original piece of code:

if ($action=="choose")
{
$infoskill=$currentuser["infoskill"];
$infoskill=$infoskill+makeBonus($user,"i",$db);
if ($find=="location")
{
if ($infoskill > 14)
{
$cost=round((15/$infoskill)*300);
if ($cost <20)
{
$cost=20;
}
if ($currentuser["cash"]<$cost)
{
echo " You can't afford that information.
n";
}
else
{
$sql="SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE `name` = '$usertofind' AND `dead` = 'n'";
$userlocationresult = runSQL($sql, $currentuser["admin"]);
if ($userlocation = mysql_fetch_array($userlocationresult))
{
echo " $usertofind is in ".$userlocation["location"].".
n";
runSQL("UPDATE `users` SET `cash`=`cash`-'$cost' WHERE `name`='$user'", $currentuser["admin"]);
}
else
{
echo " The user you entered doesn't exist or is dead.
n";
}
}
}
else
{
echo " You don't have the contacts to find that information.
n";
}
}
elseif ($find=="skills")
{
if ($infoskill > 19)
{
$cost=round((20/$infoskill)*400);
if ($cost <20)
{
$cost=20;
}
if ($currentuser["cash"]<$cost)
{
echo " You can't afford that information.
n";

As you can see in the middle of that piece the user can pay to see the location of another user, providing the target is not dead and the user has enough cash. Now instead of giving the exact location of the target I am trying to group the cities into continents, like so:

if ($action=="choose")
{
$infoskill=$currentuser["infoskill"];
$infoskill=$infoskill+makeBonus($user,"i",$db);
if ($find=="location")
{
if ($infoskill > 14)
{
$cost=round((15/$infoskill)*300);
if ($cost <20)
{
$cost=20;
}
if ($currentuser["cash"]<$cost)
{
echo " You can't afford that information.
n";
}
else
{
$sql="SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE `name` = '$usertofind' AND `dead` = 'n'";
$userlocationresult = runSQL($sql, $currentuser["admin"]);
if ($userlocation = London || Milan || Paris || Dublin || Moscow)
{
echo " $usertofind is in Europe.";
runSQL("UPDATE `users` SET `cash`=`cash`-'$cost' WHERE `name`='$user'", $currentuser["admin"]);
}
elseif ($userlocation = Lagos || Johannesburg || Nairobi)
{
echo " $usertofind is in Africa";
runSQL("UPDATE `users` SET `cash`=`cash`-'$cost' WHERE `name`='$user'", $currentuser["admin"]);
}
elseif ($userlocation = New York || Los Angeles || Dallas)
{
echo " $usertofind is in North America";
runSQL("UPDATE `users` SET `cash`=`cash`-'$cost' WHERE `name`='$user'", $currentuser["admin"]);
}
elseif ($userlocation = Bogota || Rio De Janeiro || Buenos Aires)
{
echo " $usertofind is in South America";
runSQL("UPDATE `users` SET `cash`=`cash`-'$cost' WHERE `name`='$user'", $currentuser["admin"]);
}
elseif ($userlocation = Mexico City || Havana || Kingston)
{
echo " $usertofind is in Central America";
runSQL("UPDATE `users` SET `cash`=`cash`-'$cost' WHERE `name`='$user'", $currentuser["admin"]);
}
else
{
echo " $usertofind is in Asia";
runSQL("UPDATE `users` SET `cash`=`cash`-'$cost' WHERE `name`='$user'", $currentuser["admin"]);
}
}
}
else
{
echo " You don't have the contacts to find that information.
n";
}
}
elseif ($find=="skills")
{
if ($infoskill > 19)
{
$cost=round((20/$infoskill)*400);
if ($cost <20)
{
$cost=20;
}
if ($currentuser["cash"]<$cost)
{
echo " You can't afford that information.
n"

This however gives the following error message:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/a7098669/public_html/getinfo.php on line 158

What can I do to solve this? And instead of giving just text answers could I group the locations into continents and just have one response which would be something like:

"$usertofind is in $continent"

I hope someone can help!

Thanks

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