On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 10:05 -0400, Robert Cummings wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 09:49 -0400, tedd wrote:
> > At 2:57 PM -0400 5/4/09, Gary wrote:
> > >I am trying to get this to work, however it only reads the second if
> > >statement.  I get no error messages, but as I change counties, the % stays
> > >the same.
> > >
> > >Can someone enlighten me, or should I be looking at switch statements?
> > >
> > >Thanks for your help.
> > >
> > >Gary
> > 
> > In my opinion, never use elseif -- I've never used it. I don't see 
> > any reason whatsoever to do so.
> > 
> > In my opinion, whenever your choices exceed two, use switch.
> 
> That's some of the worst advice I've ever seen.

Just so we all know why...

<?php

$values = array( '', 0, null, '0' );
foreach( $values as $value )
{
    if( $value === '' )
    {
        echo 'If/ElseIf:   The empty string'."\n";
    }
    else
    if( $value === 0 )
    {
        echo 'If/ElseIf:   The integer 0'."\n";
    }
    else
    if( $value === null )
    {
        echo 'If/ElseIf:   The null value'."\n";
    }
    else
    if( $value === '0' )
    {
        echo 'If/ElseIf:   The string value 0'."\n";
    }

    switch( $value )
    {
        case '':
        {
            echo 'Switch/Case: The empty string'."\n";
            break;
        }

        case 0:
        {
            echo 'Switch/Case: The integer 0'."\n";
            break;
        }

        case null:
        {
            echo 'Switch/Case: The null value'."\n";
            break;
        }

        case '0':
        {
            echo 'Switch/Case: The string value 0'."\n";
            break;
        }
    }

    echo "\n";
}

?>

Cheers,
Rob.
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