could someone help me on this..
the if else statement (bold letters) is not working..
and only the if statement is running and it seems the whole condition too

i included the whole code so that everyone can see what i want to do..

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="windowfiles/dhtmlwindow.css" type="text/css" />

<script type="text/javascript" src="windowfiles/dhtmlwindow.js"></script>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="modalfiles/modal.css" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="modalfiles/modal.js"></script>


<style type="text/css">
<!--
#Layer9 {
	position:absolute;
	width:124px;
	height:25px;
	z-index:1;
	left: 69px;
	top: -54px;
}
#Layer11 {
	position:absolute;
	width:200px;
	height:115px;
	z-index:2;
}
-->
</style>
</head>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
#Layer1 {
	position:absolute;
	width:782px;
	height:115px;
	z-index:1;
	left: 406px;
	top: 81px;
}
#Layer2 {
	position:absolute;
	width:359px;
	height:24px;
	z-index:2;
	left: 73px;
	top: -7px;
}
#Layer3 {
	position:absolute;
	width:481px;
	height:22px;
	z-index:2;
	left: 73px;
	top: 32px;
}
#Layer4 {
	position:absolute;
	width:18px;
	height:23px;
	z-index:2;
	left: 73px;
	top: 72px;
}
#Layer5 {
	position:absolute;
	width:150px;
	height:22px;
	z-index:2;
	left: 73px;
	top: 110px;
}
#Layer6 {
	position:absolute;
	width:121px;
	height:21px;
	z-index:2;
	left: 72px;
	top: 147px;
}
#Layer7 {
	position:absolute;
	width:87px;
	height:25px;
	z-index:2;
	left: 72px;
	top: 186px;
}
#Layer8 {
	position:absolute;
	width:58px;
	height:25px;
	z-index:2;
	left: 4px;
	top: 278px;
}
select {
	height: 20px;
	width: 320px;
	max-height: 20px;
}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body background="naruto_wrapper_background2.JPG">
<center><font size=6>Client Info</font></center>
<div id="Layer1">
  <form action= "educbg.php" method="post">
    <?PHP echo "Name:";?>&nbsp;
    <div id="Layer2">
      <input name="name" type="text" size="70" maxlength="50" >
    </div>
    <br>
    <br>
    <?PHP echo "Address:";?>&nbsp;
    <div id="Layer3">
      <input name="address" type="text" size="80" maxlength="100">
    </div>
    <br>
    <br>
    <?PHP echo "Tel no:";?>&nbsp;<br>
    <br>
	  <div id="Layer4">
      <input name="telno" type="text" size="7" maxlength="7">
    </div>
    <?PHP echo "Country:";?>&nbsp;
    <div id="Layer5">

      <select name="country" size="1">
<option>
<option>none
<option>Afghanistan 
<option>Albania 
<option>Algeria 
<option>American Samoa
<option>Andorra 
<option>Angola
<option>Anguilla
<option>Antarctica
<option>Antigua and Barbuda 
<option>Argentina 
<option>Armenia 
<option>Aruba 
<option>Australia 
<option>Austria 
<option>Azerbaijan
<option>Bahamas 
<option>Bahrain 
<option>Bangladesh
<option>Barbados
<option>Belarus 
<option>Belgium 
<option>Belize
<option>Benin 
<option>Bermuda 
<option>Bhutan
<option>Bolivia 
<option>Bosnia and Herzegowina
<option>Botswana
<option>Bouvet Island 
<option>Brazil
<option>British Indian Ocean Territory
<option>Brunei Darussalam 
<option>Bulgaria
<option>Burkina Faso
<option>Burundi 
<option>Cambodia
<option>Cameroon
<option>Canada
<option>Cape Verde
<option>Cayman Islands
<option>Central African Republic
<option>Chad
<option>Chile 
<option>China 
<option>Christmas Island
<option>Cocos (Keeling) Islands 
<option>Colombia
<option>Comoros 
<option>Congo 
<option>Congo, the Democratic Republic of the 
<option>Cook Islands
<option>Costa Rica
<option>Cote d'Ivoire 
<option>Croatia (Hrvatska)
<option>Cuba
<option>Cyprus
<option>Czech Republic
<option>Denmark 
<option>Djibouti
<option>Dominica
<option>Dominican Republic
<option>East Timor
<option>Ecuador 
<option>Egypt 
<option>El Salvador 
<option>Equatorial Guinea 
<option>Eritrea 
<option>Estonia 
<option>Ethiopia
<option>Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 
<option>Faroe Islands 
<option>Fiji
<option>Finland 
<option>France
<option>France, Metropolitan
<option>French Guiana 
<option>French Polynesia
<option>French Southern Territories 
<option>Gabon 
<option>Gambia
<option>Georgia 
<option>Germany 
<option>Ghana 
<option>Gibraltar 
<option>Greece
<option>Greenland 
<option>Grenada 
<option>Guadeloupe
<option>Guam
<option>Guatemala 
<option>Guinea
<option>Guinea-Bissau 
<option>Guyana
<option>Haiti 
<option>Heard and Mc Donald Islands 
<option>Holy See (Vatican City State) 
<option>Honduras
<option>Hong Kong 
<option>Hungary 
<option>Iceland 
<option>India 
<option>Indonesia 
<option>Iran (Islamic Republic of)
<option>Iraq
<option>Ireland 
<option>Israel
<option>Italy 
<option>Jamaica 
<option>Japan 
<option>Jordan
<option>Kazakhstan
<option>Kenya 
<option>Kiribati
<option>Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
<option>Korea, Republic of
<option>Kuwait
<option>Kyrgyzstan
<option>Lao People's Democratic Republic
<option>Latvia
<option>Lebanon 
<option>Lesotho 
<option>Liberia 
<option >Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
<option>Liechtenstein 
<option>Lithuania 
<option>Luxembourg
<option>Macau 
<option>Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
<option>Madagascar
<option>Malawi
<option>Malaysia
<option>Maldives
<option>Mali
<option>Malta 
<option>Marshall Islands
<option>Martinique
<option>Mauritania
<option>Mauritius 
<option>Mayotte 
<option>Mexico
<option>Micronesia, Federated States of 
<option>Moldova, Republic of
<option>Monaco
<option>Mongolia
<option>Montserrat
<option>Morocco 
<option>Mozambique
<option>Myanmar 
<option>Namibia 
<option>Nauru 
<option>Nepal 
<option>Netherlands 
<option>Netherlands Antilles
<option>New Caledonia 
<option>New Zealand 
<option>Nicaragua 
<option>Niger 
<option>Nigeria 
<option>Niue
<option>Norfolk Island
<option>Northern Mariana Islands
<option>Norway
<option>Oman
<option>Pakistan
<option>Palau 
<option>Panama
<option>Papua New Guinea
<option>Paraguay
<option>Peru
<option>Philippines 
<option>Pitcairn
<option>Poland
<option>Portugal
<option>Puerto Rico 
<option>Qatar 
<option>Reunion 
<option>Romania 
<option>Russian Federation
<option>Rwanda
<option>Saint Kitts and Nevis 
<option>Saint LUCIA 
<option>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
<option>Samoa 
<option>San Marino
<option>Sao Tome and Principe 
<option>Saudi Arabia
<option>Senegal 
<option>Seychelles
<option>Sierra Leone
<option>Singapore 
<option>Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
<option>Slovenia
<option>Solomon Islands 
<option>Somalia 
<option>South Africa
<option>South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
<option>Spain 
<option>Sri Lanka 
<option>St. Helena
<option>St. Pierre and Miquelon 
<option>Sudan 
<option>Suriname
<option>Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
<option>Swaziland 
<option>Sweden
<option>Switzerland 
<option>Syrian Arab Republic
<option>Taiwan, Province of China 
<option>Tajikistan
<option>Tanzania, United Republic of
<option>Thailand
<option>Togo
<option>Tokelau 
<option>Tonga 
<option>Trinidad and Tobago 
<option>Tunisia 
<option>Turkey
<option>Turkmenistan
<option>Turks and Caicos Islands
<option>Tuvalu
<option>Uganda
<option>Ukraine 
<option>United Arab Emirates
<option>United Kingdom
<option>United States 
<option>United States Minor Outlying Islands
<option>Uruguay 
<option>Uzbekistan
<option>Vanuatu 
<option>Venezuela 
<option>Viet Nam
<option>Virgin Islands (British)
<option>Virgin Islands (U.S.) 
<option>Wallis and Futuna Islands 
<option>Western Sahara
<option>Yemen 
<option>Yugoslavia
<option>Zambia
<option>Zimbabwe
      </select>
    </div>
    <br>
    <br>
    <?PHP echo "City:";?>&nbsp;
    <div id="Layer6">
      <input name="city" type="text" size="30" maxlength="30">
    </div>
    <div id="Layer7">
	  <input name="bday" type="text" size="20" maxlength="20">
    </div>
    <br>
    <br>
    <?PHP echo "Birthday:";?>&nbsp;<br>
    <br>
   
	<?PHP echo "Age:";?>&nbsp;<br>
    <br>
    <div id="Layer8">
      <div id="Layer9">
        <input name="age" type="text" size="3" maxlength="3" />
      </div>
	  
	  
	  
	  <script type="text/javascript">

function success(){
	successwindow=dhtmlmodal.open('successbox', 'div', 'modalalertdiv2', 'Untitled', 'width=350px,height=150px,left=150px,top=100px,resize=0,scrolling=0')
}


function process_app1(button){
	if (button=="yes")
		window.location.href = 'display.php';
	successwindow.hide()
}
</script>

<script type="text/javascript">

function xsuccess(){
	xsuccesswindow=dhtmlmodal.open('xsuccessbox', 'div', 'modalalertdiv', 'Untitled', 'width=350px,height=150px,left=150px,top=100px,resize=0,scrolling=0')
}


function process_app2(button){
	if (button=="yes")
	
	xsuccesswindow.hide()
}

</script>


	  
	  
[B]<?PHP
if (empty($_POST['name']) || empty($_POST['address']) || empty($_POST['telno']) || empty($_POST['country']) || empty($_POST['city']) || empty($_POST['bday']) || empty($_POST['age'])) {
	include("xsuccess.php"); }
else {
	include("success.php"); }
?>[/B]
</form>
</div>

<div id="modalalertdiv2" style="display:none;"> 
<div style="background: #F3F3F3; height: 100%; padding: 5px"> 
<center><br /><br />
<?PHP
echo("Successful Application.<br>");
?>
<br />
<form id="success"> 
<input type="button" value="Next" style="margin-right: 20px" onClick="process_app1('yes')" name="Next"/> 
</form>
</center>
</div> 
</div> 



<div id="modalalertdiv" style="display:none;"> 
<div style="background: #F3F3F3; height: 100%; padding: 5px"> 
<center><br /><br />
<?PHP
echo("Unsuccessful Application.<br>");
echo("Please complete the whole form.");
?>
<br />
<form id="xsuccess"> 
<input type="button" value="Close" style="margin-right: 20px" onClick="process_app2('yes')" name="Close"/> 
</form>
</center>
</div> 
</div> 
</body>
</html>

are you getting any errors

I'm afraid that $_POST is ALWAYS empty. You have assigned no value whatsoever for your SELECT Options. The proper syntax is:

<select>
  <option value="a">A</option>
  <option value="b">B</option>
  <option value="c">C</option>
</select>

Here's a list of countries with all values assigned

<select name="country">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="Albania">Albania</option>
<option value="Algeria">Algeria</option>
<option value="Andorra">Andorra</option>
<option value="Angola">Angola</option>
<option value="Antarctica">Antarctica</option>
<option value="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</option>
<option value="Argentina">Argentina</option>
<option value="Armenia">Armenia</option>
<option value="Australia">Australia</option>
<option value="Austria">Austria</option>
<option value="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</option>
<option value="Bahamas">Bahamas</option>
<option value="Bahrain">Bahrain</option>
<option value="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</option>
<option value="Barbados">Barbados</option>
<option value="Belarus">Belarus</option>
<option value="Belgium">Belgium</option>
<option value="Belize">Belize</option>
<option value="Benin">Benin</option>
<option value="Bermuda">Bermuda</option>
<option value="Bhutan">Bhutan</option>
<option value="Bolivia">Bolivia</option>
<option value="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</option>
<option value="Botswana">Botswana</option>
<option value="Brazil">Brazil</option>
<option value="Brunei">Brunei</option>
<option value="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</option>
<option value="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</option>
<option value="Burma">Burma</option>
<option value="Burundi">Burundi</option>
<option value="Cambodia">Cambodia</option>
<option value="Cameroon">Cameroon</option>
<option value="Canada">Canada</option>
<option value="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</option>
<option value="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</option>
<option value="Chad">Chad</option>
<option value="Chile">Chile</option>
<option value="China">China</option>
<option value="Colombia">Colombia</option>
<option value="Comoros">Comoros</option>
<option value="Congo, Democratic Republic">Congo, Democratic Republic</option>
<option value="Congo, Republic of the">Congo, Republic of the</option>
<option value="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</option>
<option value="Cote d'Ivoire">Cote d'Ivoire</option>
<option value="Croatia">Croatia</option>
<option value="Cuba">Cuba</option>
<option value="Cyprus">Cyprus</option>
<option value="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</option>
<option value="Denmark">Denmark</option>
<option value="Djibouti">Djibouti</option>
<option value="Dominica">Dominica</option>
<option value="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</option>
<option value="East Timor">East Timor</option>
<option value="Ecuador">Ecuador</option>
<option value="Egypt">Egypt</option>
<option value="El Salvador">El Salvador</option>
<option value="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</option>
<option value="Eritrea">Eritrea</option>
<option value="Estonia">Estonia</option>
<option value="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</option>
<option value="Fiji">Fiji</option>
<option value="Finland">Finland</option>
<option value="France">France</option>
<option value="Gabon">Gabon</option>
<option value="Gambia">Gambia</option>
<option value="Georgia">Georgia</option>
<option value="Germany">Germany</option>
<option value="Ghana">Ghana</option>
<option value="Greece">Greece</option>
<option value="Greenland">Greenland</option>
<option value="Grenada">Grenada</option>
<option value="Guatemala">Guatemala</option>
<option value="Guinea">Guinea</option>
<option value="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</option>
<option value="Guyana">Guyana</option>
<option value="Haiti">Haiti</option>
<option value="Honduras">Honduras</option>
<option value="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</option>
<option value="Hungary">Hungary</option>
<option value="Iceland">Iceland</option>
<option value="India">India</option>
<option value="Indonesia">Indonesia</option>
<option value="Iran">Iran</option>
<option value="Iraq">Iraq</option>
<option value="Ireland">Ireland</option>
<option value="Israel">Israel</option>
<option value="Italy">Italy</option>
<option value="Jamaica">Jamaica</option>
<option value="Japan">Japan</option>
<option value="Jordan">Jordan</option>
<option value="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</option>
<option value="Kenya">Kenya</option>
<option value="Kiribati">Kiribati</option>
<option value="Korea, North">Korea, North</option>
<option value="Korea, South">Korea, South</option>
<option value="Kuwait">Kuwait</option>
<option value="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</option>
<option value="Laos">Laos</option>
<option value="Latvia">Latvia</option>
<option value="Lebanon">Lebanon</option>
<option value="Lesotho">Lesotho</option>
<option value="Liberia">Liberia</option>
<option value="Libya">Libya</option>
<option value="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</option>
<option value="Lithuania">Lithuania</option>
<option value="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</option>
<option value="Macedonia">Macedonia</option>
<option value="Madagascar">Madagascar</option>
<option value="Malawi">Malawi</option>
<option value="Malaysia">Malaysia</option>
<option value="Maldives">Maldives</option>
<option value="Mali">Mali</option>
<option value="Malta">Malta</option>
<option value="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</option>
<option value="Mauritania">Mauritania</option>
<option value="Mauritius">Mauritius</option>
<option value="Mexico">Mexico</option>
<option value="Micronesia">Micronesia</option>
<option value="Moldova">Moldova</option>
<option value="Mongolia">Mongolia</option>
<option value="Morocco">Morocco</option>
<option value="Monaco">Monaco</option>
<option value="Mozambique">Mozambique</option>
<option value="Namibia">Namibia</option>
<option value="Nauru">Nauru</option>
<option value="Nepal">Nepal</option>
<option value="Netherlands">Netherlands</option>
<option value="New Zealand">New Zealand</option>
<option value="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</option>
<option value="Niger">Niger</option>
<option value="Nigeria">Nigeria</option>
<option value="Norway">Norway</option>
<option value="Oman">Oman</option>
<option value="Pakistan">Pakistan</option>
<option value="Panama">Panama</option>
<option value="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</option>
<option value="Paraguay">Paraguay</option>
<option value="Peru">Peru</option>
<option value="Philippines">Philippines</option>
<option value="Poland">Poland</option>
<option value="Portugal">Portugal</option>
<option value="Qatar">Qatar</option>
<option value="Romania">Romania</option>
<option value="Russia">Russia</option>
<option value="Rwanda">Rwanda</option>
<option value="Samoa">Samoa</option>
<option value="San Marino">San Marino</option>
<option value=" Sao Tome"> Sao Tome</option>
<option value="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</option>
<option value="Senegal">Senegal</option>
<option value="Serbia and Montenegro">Serbia and Montenegro</option>
<option value="Seychelles">Seychelles</option>
<option value="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</option>
<option value="Singapore">Singapore</option>
<option value="Slovakia">Slovakia</option>
<option value="Slovenia">Slovenia</option>
<option value="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</option>
<option value="Somalia">Somalia</option>
<option value="South Africa">South Africa</option>
<option value="Spain">Spain</option>
<option value="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</option>
<option value="Sudan">Sudan</option>
<option value="Suriname">Suriname</option>
<option value="Swaziland">Swaziland</option>
<option value="Sweden">Sweden</option>
<option value="Switzerland">Switzerland</option>
<option value="Syria">Syria</option>
<option value="Taiwan">Taiwan</option>
<option value="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</option>
<option value="Tanzania">Tanzania</option>
<option value="Thailand">Thailand</option>
<option value="Togo">Togo</option>
<option value="Tonga">Tonga</option>
<option value="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</option>
<option value="Tunisia">Tunisia</option>
<option value="Turkey">Turkey</option>
<option value="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</option>
<option value="Uganda">Uganda</option>
<option value="Ukraine">Ukraine</option>
<option value="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="United States">United States</option>
<option value="Uruguay">Uruguay</option>
<option value="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</option>
<option value="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</option>
<option value="Venezuela">Venezuela</option>
<option value="Vietnam">Vietnam</option>
<option value="Yemen">Yemen</option>
<option value="Zambia">Zambia</option>
<option value="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</option>
</select>

I think the function you are trying to call is isset not empty

?php
// If the form has been submitted with a supplied keyword
if (isset($_POST)) {

are you getting any errors

i didn't get any errors.
its just that the if else condition it not working..

Did you try what I suggested ?

^oh i forgot, thanks for that

^oh i forgot, thanks for that

try what MindSter suggest. That should be able to fix your problem.

i've already changed what MindSter suggested..the form data can now be displayed on the display.php page..but am i right with the include () syntax?? as if the only first include() works

i've tried what ApocDen said..the else statement is not working

what could be the right condition for this??.

<?PHP
if (empty($_POST['name']) || empty($_POST['address']) || empty($_POST['telno']) || empty($_POST['country']) || empty($_POST['city']) || empty($_POST['bday']) || empty($_POST['age'])) {
	include("xsuccess.php"); }
else {
	include("success.php"); }
?>

i think there is something wrong with my condition..because on my form

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

if i'm not mistaken the form data is sent to display.php so the $_POST will not work on the current page??

So the orginal problem was solved ?
There's nothing wrong with that conditiion ... but you could change the empty($stuff) to $stuff==0 (or NULL).

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