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POPrinting only once IF statement
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    copied!<p>Below is a php file used within my e-commerce website (prototype) to write the item(s) selected by a customer and storing their choices in a flat file database. The logic works fine although the <code>echo "Order Submitted!;</code> is printed for every item selected e.g. if 4 items are selected this line is printed 4 times, I only require it to be printed once. Any idea how this could be accomplished? </p> <pre><code>&lt;body&gt; &lt;table&gt; &lt;?php if (!($data = file('items.txt'))) { echo 'ERROR: Failed to open file! &lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;'; exit; } else { echo "&lt;h1&gt;Transaction Completed!&lt;/h1&gt;"; } date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London'); $now = date(' d/m/y H:i:s '); $visitor = $_POST['visitor']; foreach ($_POST as $varname =&gt; $varvalue) { foreach ($data as $thedata) { list($partno, $name, $description, $price, $image) = explode('|', $thedata); if ($partno == $varname) { $myFile = "purchases.txt"; $fh = fopen($myFile, 'a') or die("ERROR: Failed to open purchases file!\n"); $content = $now . "|" . $visitor . "|" . $partno . "|" . $name . "|" . $price . "\n"; if (!(fwrite($fh, $content))) { echo "&lt;p&gt;ERROR: Cannot write to file($myFile)\n&lt;/p&gt;"; exit; } else { echo "&lt;p&gt;Order Submitted!&lt;/p&gt;"; fclose($fh); } } } } ?&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;input type="button" onClick="parent.location='home.php'" value="Return Home"&gt; &lt;input type="button" onClick="parent.location='items.php'" value="New Purchase"&gt; </code></pre> <p>If 2 items are selected the output is:</p> <p><strong>Transaction Completed Order Submitted! Order Submitted!</strong></p>
 

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