Re: problems with switch()

The problem is this, you don't have semicolons after you declare x = 1, nor after the break statements Add the ; behind each of them and it works. <html> <body> <? $x = 1; switch ($x) { case 1: ?> x = 1 <? break; default: echo ""; ?> x != 1 <? break; } ?> </body> </html> ----- Original Message ----- From: "August Zajonc" <augustz@bigfoot.com> To: "J.R. Lillard" <jr@hyphen.org>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 8:47 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] problems with switch() > default: may not like having no statement folloring it. What about > adding echo ""; on the next line? > > August > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: J.R. Lillard [mailto:jr@hyphen.org] > > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 8:22 PM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP] problems with switch() > > > > > > i'm running php 4.0. most of my code looks something like this: > > > > <html> > > <body> > > <? $x = 1 ?> > > <? if ($x == 1) { ?> > > x = 1 > > <? } else { ?> > > x != 1 > > <? } ?> > > </body> > > </html> > > > > i know that may not be the easiest thing for the parser to > > parse, but it's > > easier for me to read it. basically i'm going in and out of php code > > through the block of the if() statement. but if i do > > something like this: > > > > <html> > > <body> > > <? $x = 1 ?> > > <? switch ($x) { ?> > > <? case 1: ?> > > x = 1 > > <? break ?> > > <? default: ?> > > x != 1 > > <? } ?> > > </body> > > </html> > > > > i get this error: > > > > Parse error: parse error, expecting T_CASE' or > > T_DEFAULT' or `'}'' > > > > referencing the line right after the switch() statement. but if i do > > this: > > > > <html> > > <body> > > <? $x = 1 ?> > > <? > > switch ($x) { > > case 1: > > echo "x = 1"; > > break; > > default: > > echo "x != 1"; > > } > > ?> > > </body> > > </html> > > > > it works just fine. is there any reason i can't jump in and > > out of php > > code in the block of a switch() statement? it works just > > fine with if()s, > > while()s, and for()s. > > > > -jr > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >