Check if chat is disabled? (boolean)

Code:

 private boolean chat = true;
  
    FileConfiguration config = null;
  
    public void onEnable() {
        getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(this, this);
        getConfig().options().copyDefaults(true);
        saveConfig();
        config = getConfig();
    }
  
    public void onDisable() {
        reloadConfig();
    }
  
    @Override
    public boolean onCommand(CommandSender sender, Command cmd, String label, String[] args) {
        Player p = (Player) sender;
        if (label.equalsIgnoreCase("mutechat") || label.equalsIgnoreCase("mc")) {
            if (p.hasPermission("server.mutechat")) {
                chat = false;
                Bukkit.broadcastMessage(
                        ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', getConfig().getString("chat-disabled")));
            }else {
                p.sendMessage(
                        ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', getConfig().getString("no-permission")));
            }
        }else if (chat == false) {
            p.sendMessage(
                    ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', getConfig().getString("chat-already-disabled")));

I don't really wanna be spoonfed. But I literally can not figure out where if (chat == false) { goes.

 

@Forscom

I believe I saw you on spigot.. haha ^-^

If I connected the brackets correctly it leads to the if permisson check..

 

you never checked if chat is equal to true so you cant make an else if for if it's equal to false. Check if its equal to true first

 

So, a few things:
1. chat == false is equivalent to !chat (not chat), so you could use that unless you like the way chat == false looks.
2. As @kameronn said, you never created the initial if for the true chest (if(chat) or if(chat == true)), so you can't use an else that would catch the false case.
3. Your next question would be where the if statement for the true check would go, and that would be right underneath your permissions check

Click if you want to see how you'd do #3. (open) Click if you want to see how you'd do #3. (close)

Code:

if(player.hasPermission("mutechat")) {
  if(chat == true) {
    chat = false;
    //Do whatever else
  }
  else {
    //Chat was false
    chat = true; //unmute chat
  }
}