capture value prob

Hi guys,

I tried to send these info to my mailbox by using mail function... but i can't get the value for the totalCost in my email.. can you guys check whats wrong with my code ??

my code:

if($_SESSION['mem'] == "assc")
{
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$totalCost += ($row["qty"] * $row["associate"]);

$contents .="Item: {$row['itemName']}\n";
$contents .="Name: {$row['itemDesc']}\n";
$contents .="Price per item: USD";
$contents .= number_format($row['associate'], 2,'.', '.') . "\n";
$contents .="Quantity: {$row['qty']}\n";
}
$contents .="Total amount: USD {$totalCost} \n";
}
elseif ($_SESSION['mem'] == "dist")
{
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$totalCost += ($row["qty"] * $row["distributor"]);
$contents .="Item: {$row['itemName']}\n";
$contents .="Name: {$row['itemDesc']}\n";
$contents .="Price per item: USD";
$contents .= number_format($row['associate'], 2,'.', '.') . "\n";
$contents .="Quantity: {$row['qty']}\n";
}
$contents .="Total amount: USD {$totalCost} \n";
}
else
{
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$contents .="Item: {$row['itemName']}\n";
$contents .="Name: {$row['itemDesc']}\n";
$contents .="Price per item: USD";
$contents .= number_format($row['associate'], 2,'.', '.') . "\n";
$contents .="Quantity: {$row['qty']}\n";
}
$contents .="Total amount: USD {$totalCost} \n";
}

--- mail function ()

PLease advise.

My guess is that your code is always skipping the if and the elseif and going to the third block, in which you're doing nothing to set $totalCost. Since you don't initialize it (to 0, say) outside the if-elseif-else block, no value comes across.

Is that mean i should put something like $totalCoast = o before the if-else statement ?

Yes, try setting $totalCost to 0 before the if-else statement.