Re: Switch statement Question

>"Alice Wei" <ajwei@alumni.iu.edu> wrote in message >news:SNT101-W587CD616331FC59B84834AF0C90@phx.gbl... > >Hi, > > I have a code snippet here as in the following: > >//Switch statements between the four options >switch($string) { >case "": >$string= "NOT book.author='All'"; >break; >default: >$string= $string . "AND NOT book.author='All'"; >break; >} > This code does work, but I am wondering if it is possible in the switch > statement clauses for me to do something like case does not equal to a > certain author name if I don't want $string with that content to >be > processed. or, do I always use default in this case? > >Thanks in advance. > >Alice >_________________________________________________________________ >All-in-one security and maintenance for your PC. Get a free 90-day trial! >http://www.windowsonecare.com/purchase/trial.aspx?sc_cid=wl_wlmail You mean as in... switch($string){ case "": code break; case $string == 'some value': code break; case in_array($string, $somearray): code break; default: code }; yes...that is legal. as long as the statment resolves to a boolean it will work. It's not technically correct, but it does work.