note 114274 added to control-structures.switch

Sometimes you need to execute a common piece of code for several cases, and then execute some special code for each of those cases in particular. You'd then be tempted to duplicate "case" entries, like so: <?php $health = 50; $prevActionType = "none"; $action = "kill"; switch($action) { case "heal": $prevActionType = "good"; $health += 10; break; case "hurt": case "kill": $prevActionType = "bad"; break; case "hurt": $health -= 10; break; case "kill": $health = 0; break; } ?> That won't work as intended -- you'll enter at the first case that matches ($prevActionType = "bad") and then exit the switch altogether. ---- Server IP: 188.241.113.74 Probable Submitter: 85.204.57.67 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.switch.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/114274 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114274/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114274/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114274/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114274/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114274/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114274/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114274 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/114274 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php