Re: Help with array / list looping syntax

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:27:04 -0500, Robb Kerr <rkerr.news@digitaliguana.com> wrote: > > I need some help with a looping syntax. In english, "a" is used before > words that begin with consonants - "an" is used before words that start > with vowels. I'm trying to create a loop that checks this state and inserts > the correct word in the echo line. Below is the sloppy version of what I'm > trying to do... > > <?php > if (substr($table['field'], 0, 1)=="a") OR > (substr($table['field'], 0, > 1)=="e") OR (substr($table['field'], 0, 1)=="i") OR > (substr($table['field'], 0, 1)=="u") OR (substr($table['field'], > 0, > 1)=="y") } > echo 'Member has an ' . $table['field'] . ' who is...'; > } else { > echo 'Member has a ' . $table['field'] . 'who is...'; > } > ?> > > There's got to a cleaner way to do this. Perhaps using a list or array > containing the vowels and steping through it checking the first letter of > the field contents against each member of the list. But, I don't know how > to code this system. Please help. > How about this? $vowels = array('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'); echo 'Member has a'.(in_array($table['field'][0], $vowels) ? 'n' : '').' '.$table['field'].' who is...'; -- paperCrane --Justin Patrin--