hi falsedragon, MAJOR BREAKTHRU. as i said before i was trying switch statements. IT WORKED. heres a snippet of a successful code:
switch ($team){
case ($team="Adelaide Crows"):
echo ("<TR><TD><IMG SRC = 'teams\crows.gif'></TR></TD>");
break;
case ($team="Brisbane Lions"):
echo ("<TR><TD><IMG SRC = 'teams\lions.gif'></TR></TD>");
}
it actually prints the team logo that corresponds with the team name!
thanks for your help!