RE: [PHP-DEV] Make switch/case to type sensitive comparison in PH P 5?

> > I'd really not love to see it :) Use an if-else chain of === > > comparisons > > instead if that's what you really need. > > Oh, well, fair enough -- I can live with that, although I think it's a less > elegant way of programming it. Still, nothing ventured nothing gained...! > ;) Mike, changing this would break all sorts of stuff, and I think it would confuse a lot of people. If HTML form variables were somehow typed by the browsers, then it might make sense, but people are going to write code like: switch($input) { case 1: ... case 2: ... case 3: ... } Forcing people to worry about the type on user input goes against the basic nature of PHP. -Rasmus