[thelist] [php] Using the OR operator in an IF statement

[Tim Burgan]

Hello,


Can someone please correct me on my efforts below.
If I have a condition where I want to test if a variable is not equal to 
"student", "staff", or "admin".. what's the simplest was to achieve that?

Here's what I tried.. that didn't work:

<?php
  if ( ($_POST['usertype'] != "student") || ($_POST['usertype'] != 
"staff") ||  ($_POST['usertype'] != "admin") )
  {
     // ...
  }
?>

And also:

<?php
  if ( ($_POST['usertype'] != "student" || "staff" || "admin" )
  {
     // ...
  }
?>

I must be using the OR operator the wrong way. Can someone please 
correct me on this.

Thanks very much for your time.


Regards

Tim Burgan