<img src="socimages/logo/"<?php if ($soca == ""){ echo "logo.jpg"; } else { echo $anotherimage . ".jpg";} ?>>
Basically what I am trying to do is to change the end part of the image src, to pick from a range of specifically named images.
The syntax for the code is obviously not right since I closed the src after /logo/ with the ". But if I do not have the " then my php will not function.
I would suggest, don't mess the logic in your img tag.
<?php
$img = ($soca == "") ? "logo.jpg" : $anotherimage.".jpg";
?>
<img src="socimages/logo/<?php echo $img; ?>" />
Use a ternary, and remember to distinct between "" and '' :
<img src="socimages/logo/<? echo $soca == '' ? 'logo.jpg' : $anotherimage . '.jpg'; ?>">
This will produce a correct <img src="image.jpg"> tag.
A ternary conditional makes the line shorter:
<img src="socimages/logo/<?php echo ($soca=='')?'logo.jpg':$anotherimage.'.jpg';?>">
This is probably shortest:
<img src="socimages/logo/<?php echo ($soca=='')?'logo':$anotherimage;?>.jpg">
Or even this variant, but it depends on the short tags configuration of your site:
<img src="socimages/logo/<?= ($soca=='')?'logo':$anotherimage;?>.jpg">
But all variants are horrible style. You should always try to implement in a transparent manner, easy to read and understand. So instead store the final path inside a variable and echo that into the src attribute of the img tag.
