Welcome Back Message with Pacific Skin

[TB1]

Hey guys,

I am trying to design some code for the welcome back section on the Pacific skin so that it comes up with a pilot's booked flight if he has one.

Currently I have got this far:

<i STYLE="float:left;">Welcome back, <a href="<?php echo url('profile'); ?>" ><?php echo Auth::$userinfo->firstname . " " . Auth::$userinfo->lastname ;?></a>! 
<?php
if($bid)
{
echo 'You have an upcoming flight: <?php echo $bid->code . $bid->flightnum; ?>';

} 

elseif(!$bid)

{
echo 'You have no upcoming flights.';

} 
?></i>

The problem is, the code is always saying 'You have no upcoming flights' even if there is one booked for that pilot.

Anyone know what I need to do to get the bidded flight number to appear in place of the 'You have no upcoming flights' when there is one?

Thanks!

[Tom]

Where are you assigning $bid? If it's never assigned it will always return false.

Also you don't need the elseif statement:

if($bid){
   // code
} else {
   // other code
}

[TB1]

What should it look like then?

[TB1]

Because I did the changes you suggested and it still isn't working.

[Tom]

Yeah you need to assign $bid... so whatever data you expect to be in there you need to put it in there.

[TB1]

Well I want the data from the flights that have been bidded on but I'm not sure how to assign it...