Req #61954 [NEW]: Multi-CASE line for SWITCH

From: Date: Sat, 05 May 2012 20:23:47 +0000
Subject: Req #61954 [NEW]: Multi-CASE line for SWITCH
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Operating system: N/A
PHP version:      5.4.2
Package:          *General Issues
Bug Type:         Feature/Change Request
Bug description:Multi-CASE line for SWITCH

Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/control-structures.switch
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I did not see this capability on the manual page, so please forgive me if
such an improvement is already in the works.

I believe it would be a great help to upgrade the SWITCH -> CASE statements
so they accept multiple values. This would allow us to write only one block
of code-to-be-executed even for multiple values.

Here's an example:

switch ($color) {
   case: "blue", "green", "aqua"
      echo $color . " is a cool color."
      break;
   case: "red", "orange", "brown"
      echo $color . " is a warm color."
}

Also, we could eliminate the need for the BREAK statement by allowing code
after the CASE statement to be enclosed in braces; the closing brace for
that code would indicate an automatic BREAK.

Hope this helps.

David Miller



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