Thanks for the thought Alex, alas, unlike other languages, PHP handles ANY scalar value in a switch statement, including variables....
So now I an really stumped !! I am gonna try a whole series of 'ifs' though and deal with the ugliness of it ! thanks again for your post, regards richard --- Alec Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing -- If I'm not mistaken, you can only use a > switch/case/break/case/etc construct for types that resolve to an > integer > type -- either an int or a char. To do comparisons based on strings, I > think you'll need strcmp() and a whole lot of if/else if blocks. > > > > On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, richard phynga wrote: > > > Hello people out there, > > > > I have been tearing my hair out with this one, as I cannot get > imap_sort > > to perform correctly. > > > > below is the piece of code that I use. of all the sort types, only > > SORTSIZE works. All the otheres give incorreclty sorted lists. > > > > to see an example of this please go to : > > > > http://www.tijuana.com > > > > login : phplist > > passwd : phplistphp > > > > and send the account an email. Click on the header columns to sort the > > headers. > > > > please tell me what I am doing wrong..... I cant stare at it any > longer :( > > _______________________________________ > > machine OS specs: > > RH7.1, php4.0.5, wu-imap, apache1.3.19 > > --------------------------------------- > > <---code snip -----------> > > > > $newstrm = imap_open ($ms.$selectedmb, $usr, $usrpwd) or die ("cant > > connect: ".imap_last_error()); > > switch ($sortby) { > > case "date": > > $sorted_headers = imap_sort($newstrm,SORTDATE, $rev_flag,''); > > break; > > case "subject": > > $sorted_headers = imap_sort($newstrm,SORTSUBJECT, $rev_flag,''); > > break; > > case "tag": > > if ($tag == "From") { > > $sorted_headers = imap_sort($newstrm,SORTFROM, $rev_flag,''); > > } else { > > $sorted_headers = imap_sort($newstrm,SORTTO, $rev_flag,''); > > } > > break; > > case "size": > > $sorted_headers = imap_sort($newstrm,SORTSIZE, $rev_flag,''); > > break; > > } > > while (list(,$qq) = each($sorted_headers)) { > > $header = imap_headerinfo($newstrm, $qq); > > $msgnumber = $header->Msgno; > > > > etc etc etc.. > > > > <--- code snip -------------> > > > > but hte order never come out correct. The listing of using the sort by > > does change, but it is not correct. > > > > thanks in advance > > > > richard > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals > > http://personals.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
