note 107518 added to control-structures.switch

Rewriting the function (to be three times faster) provided by [stever at ashomecare dot com 07-Sep-2007 09:11] and demonstrating points that others have made: <?php function getChineseZodiac($year){ switch ($year % 12) : case 0: return 'Monkey'; // Years 0, 12, 1200, 2004... case 1: return 'Rooster'; case 2: return 'Dog'; case 3: return 'Boar'; case 4: return 'Rat'; case 5: return 'Ox'; case 6: return 'Tiger'; case 7: return 'Rabit'; case 8: return 'Dragon'; case 9: return 'Snake'; case 10: return 'Horse'; case 11: return 'Lamb'; endswitch; } echo getChineseZodiac(2016); ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 72.219.151.91 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.switch.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/107518 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107518/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107518/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107518/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107518/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107518/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107518/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107518 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/107518 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php