If statement variable returning empty
<p>this is a test code i wrote to get a value set for $rectype to insert into a table. problem I'm having is $rectype is returning 0 or empty. the files do exist since I perform a similar is_file check to start the process that leads up to this section of the coding</p>

<pre><code>$dirchk1 = "/temp/files/" . $data[0] . ".doc"; // exist
$dirchk2 = "/temp/files/" . $data[1] . ".doc"; // exist

$file_1 = (is_file($dirchk1));
$file_2 = (is_file($dirchk2));

if ($file_1) {
$rectype == ($file_2 ? '3' : '1');
}

echo $rectype . "\n";
</code></pre>
