Re: Help with array / list looping syntax

> > 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...'; Yet another solution (just for fun): $vowels = 'aeiou'; if (false !== strpos($vowels,strtolower($table['field']{0}))) echo 'n'; Regards, Philip