Switch question

[Jon]

In some languages, you can do the following in a Switch statement...is there
a way to do this in PHP? Thanks in advance

switch($voterac tion){
case '1','2','3','4' ,'5','6','7','8 ','9','10':
$db_set .= "Rating = $voteraction, ";
break;
}

or do I have to the following:
switch($voterac tion){
case '1':
$db_set .= "Rating = $voteraction, ";
break;
case '2':
$db_set .= "Rating = $voteraction, ";
break;
case '3':
$db_set .= "Rating = $voteraction, ";
break;
etc....
}

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[Andy Hassall]

Re: Switch question

On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 19:16:05 GMT, "Jon" <ruffles_@msn.c om> wrote:
[color=blue]
>In some languages, you can do the following in a Switch statement...is there
>a way to do this in PHP? Thanks in advance
>
>switch($votera ction){
>case '1','2','3','4' ,'5','6','7','8 ','9','10':
> $db_set .= "Rating = $voteraction, ";
> break;
>}
>
>or do I have to the following:
>switch($votera ction){
>case '1':
> $db_set .= "Rating = $voteraction, ";
> break;
>case '2':
> $db_set .= "Rating = $voteraction, ";
> break;
>case '3':
> $db_set .= "Rating = $voteraction, ";
> break;
>etc....
>}[/color]

switch($voterac tion){
case '1':
case '2':
case '3':
$db_set .= "Rating = $voteraction, ";
break;
}

http://uk2.php.net/switch

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[Terence]

Re: Switch question

Jon wrote:
[color=blue]
> In some languages, you can do the following in a Switch statement...is there
> a way to do this in PHP? Thanks in advance
>
> switch($voterac tion){
> case '1','2','3','4' ,'5','6','7','8 ','9','10':
> $db_set .= "Rating = $voteraction, ";
> break;
> }
>[/color]

an alternative could be

if(in_array($vo teraction,array ('1','2','3','4 ','5','6','7',' 8','9','10'))) {
// whatever
}
elseif(...)

another alternative could be a regular expression match but my knowledge
is very shakey in that area. Perhaps something like the following
(someone with regex knowledge would have to confirm this).

if (preg_match("/^\d.$/", $voteraction)) {
// whatever
}

[Disco Plumber]

Re: Switch question

Andy Hassall (73.075% quality rating):[color=blue]
>
> switch($voterac tion){
> case '1':
> case '2':
> case '3':
> $db_set .= "Rating = $voteraction, ";
> break;
> }[/color]

If you have to do a huge number of cases, a somewhat less classy-looking
way would be (assuming voteraction is an int):

switch(true) {
case (1<=$voteractio n && $voteraction<=1 0):
$db_set .= "Rating = $voteraction, ";
break;
...

If it's not an int, you could cast it to one first, use floor(), or whatever.

Of course, if you're doing the above, you're probably better off with
if-else blocks.

/joe
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[Chris Haynes]

Re: Switch question

"Jon" <ruffles_@msn.c om> wrote in message news:<VXutb.136 1$_i1.849053@ne ws2.news.adelph ia.net>...
[color=blue]
> In some languages, you can do the following in a Switch statement...is there
> a way to do this in PHP? Thanks in advance
>
> switch($voterac tion){
> case '1','2','3','4' ,'5','6','7','8 ','9','10':
> $db_set .= "Rating = $voteraction, ";
> break;
> }[/color]

I'd use:

switch($voterac tion){
case 1: case 2: case 3: case...:
$db_set .= "Rating = $voteraction, ";
break;
}

Cheers,

Chris.