Re: alter switch variable inside case?

Yes you can. -- Merci de nous avoir choisi. - Thanks you for your choice. Nicos - CHAILLAN Nicolas nicos@worldakt.com nicos@php.net www.GroupAKT.com - Hébergement Group. www.WorldAKT.com - Hébergement de sites Internet "Joe Janitor" <joe_janitor@yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de news: 20020831181245.45286.qmail@web10803.mail.yahoo.com... > I'd like to be able to modify the switch variable inside a case > statement, like this: > > switch ($foo) { > case 'step2': > do_step2(); > if ($error) $foo='step1'; //repeat step1 > break; > > case 'step1': > do_step1(); > break; > > case 'a_third_thing': > do_something_else(); > break; > } > > Can you modify the variable ($foo) inside a case statement and > have it evaluated for subsequent 'case's like this? If not, I > will have to revert to a series of if statements, in which this can > be done: > > if ($foo=='step2') { > do_step2(); > if ($error) $foo='step1'; > } > if ($foo=='step1') { > do_step1(); > } > etc. > > Switch-case seems cleaner, and I'd prefer to stick with it. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > http://finance.yahoo.com