Re: switch() and default:

prints "a" on 4.2.3 Novell, 4.3.3 Linux, 5.0.0 Windows. On Fri, October 8, 2004 12:21 am, Benj Carson said: > Hi, > > Sorry, I forgot to CC my last reply to the list. I noticed similar > behaviour and filed a bug report: 30285. The case described in the bug > report is as follows: > > $x = "a"; > switch ($x) { > > default: > echo "default"; > break; > > case "a": > echo "a"; > break; > } > > // Prints "a" > > Even though the documentation mentions that default should always be last, > this is a BC break from 5.0.x and at least 4.3.2. > > Thanks, > > Benj > > On October 7, 2004 10:59 pm, Andi Gutmans wrote: >> It's always been like that and has been documented for ages in the >> manual. >> >> Andi >> >> At 08:24 PM 10/7/2004 -0700, Frank M. Kromann wrote: >> >Hello Everyone, >> > >> >I just discovered a small thing in the switch() statement. The position >> > of the default: clause has to be at the end of the code: >> > >> >$a = 1; >> >switch ($a) { >> > default : >> > case 0 : >> > $b = 1; >> > break; >> > case 1 : >> > $b = 2; >> > break; >> >} >> >echo $b; // should print 2 but it prints 1 >> > >> >$a = 1; >> >switch ($a) { >> > case 1 : >> > $b = 2; >> > break; >> > default : >> > case 0 : >> > $b = 1; >> > break; >> >} >> >echo $b; // prints 2 as expected. >> > >> >This is tested on Linux with PHP5 CVS-HEAD >> > >> >What changed ? >> > >> >- Frank >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >-- >> >PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List >> >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >