note 123914 added to control-structures.switch

Some tests: switch ('aaaaa') { default : echo "DEFAULT TOP 1"; break; default : echo "DEFAULT TOP 2"; break; case 'aaaaa': echo "CASE TOP 1"; break; case 'aaaaa': echo "CASE TOP 2"; break; default : echo "DEFAULT BOTTOM 1"; break; default : echo "DEFAULT BOTTOM 2"; break; case 'aaaaa': echo "CASE BOTTOM 1"; break; case 'aaaaa': echo "CASE BOTTOM 2"; break; } //return ------> CASE TOP 1 switch ('SOMETHING_THAT_DOESN_T_EXIST') { default : echo "DEFAULT TOP 1"; break; default : echo "DEFAULT TOP 2"; break; case 'aaaaa': echo "CASE TOP 1"; break; case 'aaaaa': echo "CASE TOP 2"; break; default : echo "DEFAULT BOTTOM 1"; break; default : echo "DEFAULT BOTTOM 2"; break; case 'aaaaa': echo "CASE BOTTOM 1"; break; case 'aaaaa': echo "CASE BOTTOM 2"; break; } //return ------> DEFAULT BOTTOM 2 Some observations: - no errors if several identical boxes or defaultes - the last defect takes over - the first of the boxes takes the hand - we can put the default at the top (indeed sometimes it's more intuitive) ---- Server IP: 208.43.231.9 Probable Submitter: 82.199.130.26 (proxied: 80.15.41.4) ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.switch.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/123914 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123914/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123914/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123914/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123914/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123914/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123914/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123914 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/123914 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php