Why is break so lame, and no goto

[fshsoup@gmail.com]

If i write this

$page = 'start';
for (;;) {
include "$page.inc" ;
}

and inside start.inc I put a "break;" it should work, right? no it
doesn't. And why isn't there any "goto" statement in PHP? is it
impossible for code in the start.inc to get out of my loop?

john

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: Why is break so lame, and no goto

fshsoup@gmail.c om wrote:

If i write this
>
$page = 'start';
for (;;) {
include "$page.inc" ;
}
>
and inside start.inc I put a "break;" it should work, right? no it
doesn't. And why isn't there any "goto" statement in PHP? is it
impossible for code in the start.inc to get out of my loop?
>
john
>

There is no goto in PHP because that doesn't fit structured programming
techniques - and can cause other problems.

You should be able to break out of the loop - but every time you go
through the loop you are going ton include the page again
(include_once() will fix this problem).

I don't know what's in the page, but it would be better to structure
your code so that it sets a flag to exit the loop, put the loop in the
included file or similar.

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[Tim Streater]

Re: Why is break so lame, and no goto

In article
<a7a70e43-6df2-4360-9b8f-bd433a9c5a22@64 g2000hsm.google groups.com>,
fshsoup@gmail.c om wrote:

If i write this
>
$page = 'start';
for (;;) {
include "$page.inc" ;
}
>
and inside start.inc I put a "break;" it should work, right? no it
doesn't. And why isn't there any "goto" statement in PHP? is it
impossible for code in the start.inc to get out of my loop?

goto is lame. I haven't needed to use one since I stopped writing
FORTRAN in 1978.

[fshsoup@gmail.com]

Re: Why is break so lame, and no goto

On Oct 16, 1:41 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attg lobal.netwrote:

fshs...@gmail.c om wrote:

If i write this

>

$page = 'start';
for (;;) {
    include "$page.inc" ;
}

>

and inside start.inc I put a "break;" it should work, right?  no it
doesn't.  And why isn't there any "goto" statement in PHP?  is it
impossible for code in the start.inc to get out of my loop?

>

john

>
There is no goto in PHP because that doesn't fit structured programming
techniques - and can cause other problems.
>
You should be able to break out of the loop - but every time you go
through the loop you are going ton include the page again
(include_once() will fix this problem).
>
I don't know what's in the page, but it would be better to structure
your code so that it sets a flag to exit the loop, put the loop in the
included file or similar.
>
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Thanks Jerry, but you don't understand the paradigm. I have lots of
inc files, start.inc, readname.inc, sumadd.inc, revoke.inc, etc... and
each one sets the $page variable to the one that should be included
next. The main does not know how many times to go around the loop,
nor when to leave the loop. I was hoping I could just put a "break;"
in the last one. That would be nice a clean. But I'll just have to
set a flag like

$page = 'start';
$stop = false;
while (!$stop) {
include "$page.inc" ;
}

[FutureShock]

Re: Why is break so lame, and no goto

fshsoup@gmail.c om wrote:

On Oct 16, 1:41 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attg lobal.netwrote:

>fshs...@gmail. com wrote:

>>If i write this
>>$page = 'start';
>>for (;;) {
>> include "$page.inc" ;
>>}
>>and inside start.inc I put a "break;" it should work, right? no it
>>doesn't. And why isn't there any "goto" statement in PHP? is it
>>impossible for code in the start.inc to get out of my loop?
>>john

>There is no goto in PHP because that doesn't fit structured programming
>techniques - and can cause other problems.
>>
>You should be able to break out of the loop - but every time you go
>through the loop you are going ton include the page again
>(include_once( ) will fix this problem).
>>
>I don't know what's in the page, but it would be better to structure
>your code so that it sets a flag to exit the loop, put the loop in the
>included file or similar.
>>
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>============== ====
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>Jerry Stuckle
>JDS Computer Training Corp.
>jstuck...@attg lobal.net
>============== ====

>
Thanks Jerry, but you don't understand the paradigm. I have lots of
inc files, start.inc, readname.inc, sumadd.inc, revoke.inc, etc... and
each one sets the $page variable to the one that should be included
next. The main does not know how many times to go around the loop,
nor when to leave the loop. I was hoping I could just put a "break;"
in the last one. That would be nice a clean. But I'll just have to
set a flag like
>
$page = 'start';
$stop = false;
while (!$stop) {
include "$page.inc" ;
}
>

If you give a little more details on what you are trying to achieve,
there maybe a better way to go about it. There is a great deal of
knowledge in here and I am sure if you have thought it up, it has been
done before and maybe even more effective. No use in reinventing the wheel.

Also on a side note, I notice you spewed out a bunch of include files
with the inc extension. If you are using those extensions, make sure
they are above your root directory or they will be visible to the web,
unless more security methods are employeed. Or maybe rename them to
lets say..... .php

starte_inc.php etc.. IMHO

Scotty

[Tim Roberts]

Re: Why is break so lame, and no goto

fshsoup@gmail.c om wrote:

>
>If i write this
>
>$page = 'start';
>for (;;) {
include "$page.inc" ;
>}
>
>and inside start.inc I put a "break;" it should work, right? no it
>doesn't.

"break" breaks out of a scope. The "include" statement does more than just
insert text -- it apparently opens up a new scope.

You could have the include set a variable, and use that variable to
terminate the loop.
--
Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

[Thomas Mlynarczyk]

Re: Why is break so lame, and no goto

Tim Roberts schrieb:

"break" breaks out of a scope. The "include" statement does more than just
insert text -- it apparently opens up a new scope.

Then, theoretically, "break 2" should do the trick?

Greetings,
Thomas

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[C. (http://symcbean.blogspot.com/)]

Re: Why is break so lame, and no goto

On 17 Oct, 12:28, Thomas Mlynarczyk <tho...@mlynarc zyk-webdesign.de>
wrote:

Tim Roberts schrieb:
>

"break" breaks out of a scope. The "include" statement does more than just
insert text -- it apparently opens up a new scope.

>
Then, theoretically, "break 2" should do the trick?
>
Greetings,
Thomas
>
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Returning a value from the include and parsing it in the loop scope
would be a slightly better way of doing this. But really the right way
to do it would be to not use 'include' like this - put it outside the
loop and call named functions/methods defined in the include file
instead.

C.

[Thomas Mlynarczyk]

Re: Why is break so lame, and no goto

C. (http://symcbean.blogspot.com/) schrieb:

>>"break" breaks out of a scope. The "include" statement does more than just
>>insert text -- it apparently opens up a new scope.

>Then, theoretically, "break 2" should do the trick?

Returning a value from the include and parsing it in the loop scope
would be a slightly better way of doing this. But really the right way
to do it would be to not use 'include' like this - put it outside the
loop and call named functions/methods defined in the include file
instead.

Yes, of course that is right. I was merely suggesting a way to make the
original code "work".

Greetings,
Thomas

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[Norman Peelman]

Re: Why is break so lame, and no goto

Thomas Mlynarczyk wrote:

Tim Roberts schrieb:
>

>"break" breaks out of a scope. The "include" statement does more than
>just
>insert text -- it apparently opens up a new scope.

>
Then, theoretically, "break 2" should do the trick?
>
Greetings,
Thomas
>

Nope, won't work. The include is a different scope... no amount of break
works. Wouldn't it be easier to just include a file that just includes
all the includes? Using the OP's way how do you keep track which include
is last? I don't mean programmaticall y, I mean physically/mentally. What
about:

$handle = opendir('/path/to/includes');
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle )))
{
if (strrchr($fileN ame, '.') == '.inc')
{
include($file);
}
}
closedir($handl e);


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[fshsoup@gmail.com]

Re: Why is break so lame, and no goto

Returning a value from the include and parsing it in the loop scope

would be a slightly better way of doing this. But really the right way
to do it would be to not use 'include' like this - put it outside the
loop and call named functions/methods defined in the include file
instead.

>
Yes, of course that is right. I was merely suggesting a way to make the
original code "work".

I'm not putting any functions in my .inc files. the .inc files just
contain code. In effect I am using the "include" statement as if it
were a function call. or more like GOSUB in basic. The main.php will
invoke the start.inc, which will "chain" to other inc files. One inc
file might create another inc file and then execute it (by setting the
$page).

See how cool this is. I don't have to write any functions. All the
code in the inc files shares the global variable space. new inc files
can be added dynamically, even at runtime without any modification to
the main.php. It's like an LISP AI system that can morph and learn
and self-modify. (Yes i know there are major security holes)

thanks for all the advice

[Michael Fesser]

Re: Why is break so lame, and no goto

..oO(fshsoup@gm ail.com)

>I'm not putting any functions in my .inc files. the .inc files just
>contain code. In effect I am using the "include" statement as if it
>were a function call.

Bad design.

>or more like GOSUB in basic.

Bad language. PHP is not BASIC!

>The main.php will
>invoke the start.inc, which will "chain" to other inc files. One inc
>file might create another inc file and then execute it (by setting the
>$page).
>
>See how cool this is. I don't have to write any functions.

This is _not_ cool, it's just damn ugly.

>All the
>code in the inc files shares the global variable space. new inc files
>can be added dynamically, even at runtime without any modification to
>the main.php. It's like an LISP AI system that can morph and learn
>and self-modify. (Yes i know there are major security holes)
>
>thanks for all the advice

Maybe learn some basics of structured programming? Or use another
language. It seems that PHP is not the right tool for your way of
programming.

Micha

[Gordon]

Re: Why is break so lame, and no goto

On Oct 16, 7:41 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attg lobal.netwrote:

fshs...@gmail.c om wrote:

If i write this

>

$page = 'start';
for (;;) {
    include "$page.inc" ;
}

>

and inside start.inc I put a "break;" it should work, right?  no it
doesn't.  And why isn't there any "goto" statement in PHP?  is it
impossible for code in the start.inc to get out of my loop?

>

john

>
There is no goto in PHP because that doesn't fit structured programming
techniques - and can cause other problems.
>
You should be able to break out of the loop - but every time you go
through the loop you are going ton include the page again
(include_once() will fix this problem).
>
I don't know what's in the page, but it would be better to structure
your code so that it sets a flag to exit the loop, put the loop in the
included file or similar.
>
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Re: Why is break so lame, and no goto

fshsoup@gmail.c om wrote:

One inc file might create another inc file and then execute it (by setting
the $page).

eval(), man.

All the code in the inc files shares the global variable space.

And how having only one scope is a good thing? Geez.

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[Thomas Mlynarczyk]

Re: Why is break so lame, and no goto

Norman Peelman schrieb:

>Then, theoretically, "break 2" should do the trick?

Nope, won't work.

I just tested it (PHP 5.2.4):

Main script:

for (;;) { include 'inctest.inc.ph p'; }
echo ' Done';

inctest.inc.php :

echo ' Included';
break;

Result (after echoing " Included"): "Fatal error: Cannot break/continue
1 level...". When I read the OPs first posting, I assumed that "doesn't
[work]" meant the break was ignored and the loop would run forever. Now
I see *how* it does not work. This is confusing, though. With respect to
variables, includes behave exactly as if their code was replacing the
include statement. For break and return, however, includes behave like
functions.

Greetings,
Thomas

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