Re: speaking of control structures...

On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 08:43 -0400, Tom Worster wrote: > On 5/6/09 6:56 AM, "Marcus Gnaß" <gonatan@gmx.de> wrote: > > > Tom Worster wrote: > >> there's a control structure i wish php had: a simple block that you can > >> break out of, e.g. > > > > As Maarten pointed out you could use a function. Another alternative is > > to use Exceptions which might be the most proper way to do it. > > in a thread off-list i commented on the use of a function. here's what i > said: > > yes, it's just like that. i could wrap a function around the logic. and > sometimes i use that trick. > > the downside to that is access to globals. for many of my scripts there's a > common pattern: > > 1 get set up. > 2 process inputs, checking and preparing data for use 3 and 4 or aborting to > an error handler at the end of this section (which is what the breaks all > jump to) if there's a problem with the input. > 3 do some work > 4 prepare an output page > > in this scheme, it's convenient if 2, 3 and 4 all have access to the same > namespace, so i don't usually use the function approach. Then create a shared namespace... $GLOBALS['myWhateverWorksNamespace']['varName'] = 'varValue'; Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP