note 86049 added to control-structures.switch
| From: | cretz at osu1 dot php dot net | Date: | Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:56:51 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 86049 added to control-structures.switch | ||
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Haven't seen it mentioned here, but at least in my version (PHP 5.2.5) and I'm sure all of
PHP 5, the switch statement is a great way to check type safe enumerates that are otherwise missing
in the PHP language. Example:
<?php
class WannabeEnum {
/**
* @var WannabeEnum
*/
public static $FOO;
/**
* @var WannabeEnum
*/
public static $BAR;
/**
* @var WannabeEnum
*/
public static $FOOBAR;
private $_ordinal;
public function __construct($ordinal) {
$this->_ordinal = $ordinal;
}
}
WannabeEnum::$FOO = new WannabeEnum(1);
WannabeEnum::$BAR = new WannabeEnum(2);
WannabeEnum::$FOOBAR = new WannabeEnum(3);
function testSwitch(WannabeEnum $wannabeEnum) {
switch($wannabeEnum) {
case WannabeEnum::$FOO:
echo('Foo!' . PHP_EOL);
break;
case WannabeEnum::$BAR:
echo('Bar!' . PHP_EOL);
break;
default:
echo('Default!' . PHP_EOL);
}
}
testSwitch(WannabeEnum::$FOO);
testSwitch(WannabeEnum::$FOOBAR);
?>
Outputs:
Foo!
Default!
Don't forget it uses loose comparisons!
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