On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 22:43 +0000, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 16:27 -0500, Steve Staples wrote:
>
> > Ok, dumb question, and i have tested, but I want to ensure that my tests
> > were accurate, and behavior is correct.
> >
> > Ok, i have an integer, that based on what it is, does certain things...
> >
> > switch ((int)$intval)
> > {
> > }
> >
> > now, if i need to do something on a few of the numbers, then:
> > case 0:
> > # do nothing as strings will be (int) as 0
> > break;
> > case 1:
> > # do this
> > break;
> > case 12:
> > # do this
> > break;
> > default:
> > # do everything that is general to this
> >
> > which this works, as the $intval should never be anything that i am not
> > expecting as there is another part of the code that decides which int's
> > to send to this class.
> >
> > but is there a better way to do this? this could potentially do a lot
> > more, and be more dynamic, but there is also the possibilty that i need
> > to have more "custom" commands based on an integer value, and not
> > something that is "generic".
> >
> > Is there a way to only do from like cases 2-11, without doing:
> > case 2:
> > case 3:
> > case 4:
> > .....
> > case 11:
> > # do this stuff
> > break;
> >
> >
> > am I just overthinking things? i dunno... it's monday... brains still
> > on weekend mode.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
>
> There is actually a very cool way you can use a switch in PHP to do what
> you want:
>
> switch(true)
> {
> case ($intval >= 2 && $intval <= 11):
> {
> // stuff here for cases 2-11 inclusive
> break;
> }
> }
>
> Although I think in your case a series of if/else if statements would
> work, and might possibly be more readable in your code.
>
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>
>
yeah, totally forgot about putting logic into the case... yep... still
monday here...
thanks ash!
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