Re: Using strings in switches

Try it. But to answer your question, yes. Don't forget to put quotes around your strings in the case statements. switch($name){ case "beesly": break; } "Phantom" <phantom@phantomcougar.com> wrote in message news:3C60CFA9.367D27CC@phantomcougar.com... > The manual shows that you can use switches with numeric values but is it > also possible to use strings? Is this possible? If not, what can I > do? Just a bunch of if statements? > > <? > if (isset($Name)) { > switch ($Name) > case Homer Simpson: > echo "DO'H!!!!<p>"; > break; > case Fred Flinstone: > echo "Yabba Dabba Do<p>"; > break; > default: > echo "Do not know you<p>"; > break; > } > } > ?> >