I have the following code in Javascript and Jquery:

     $("<li />")

     .html('Somehtml')

I would like to be able to change the content of .html by using if-else statement. My code should be something like this, however it's not working.

  var showinfo = <?php echo '$action'; ?>


     $("<li />")

    if (showinfo == 'action1'){
     .html('Somehtml')     
    else {
      .html('Other html')
      }

Any ideas how should I change it?