php use switch without break; - php

Question

whats wrong with my switch ?
Now result:
< more
> less
= equality
!= no't equality
As it should be:
< more
= equality
<?php
$page = 99;
switch ($page)
{
case $page < 121:
echo '< more <br/>';
case $page > 123:
echo '> less <br/>';
case $page == 99:
echo '= equality <br/>';
case $page != 99:
echo '!= no\'t equality <br/>';
}
?>

Answer 1

In your switch statement you're comparing a number with boolean values.
Let's take the first case $page < 121 is true, so the comparison taking place is 99==true which is true according to http://docs.php.net/language.types.type-juggling (switch performs a loose comparison, not a strict like ===). Thus the first case block is executed.
And since you don't have a break statement it falls through to the next case block and the next and so on...
Meaning: This won't work as intended regardless of whether you use break or not.

Answer 2

You don't seem to understand how switch works. What you want is a series of if statements, i.e.
if ($page < 121)
echo '< more <br/>';
if ($page > 123)
echo '> less <br/>';
if ($page == 99)
echo '= equality <br/>';
if ($page != 99)
echo '!= no\'t equality <br/>';

Answer 3

Switch is to be used only when you want to compare a variable against a set of values.
switch ($variable)
{
case "me":
echo "variable is me";
break;
case "you":
echo "variable is you";
break;
default:
echo "Variable is neither of us";
}
The above switch case block can be written as shown below:
if ($variable=="me")
{
echo "variable is me";
}
elseif ($variable=="you")
{
echo "variable is you";
}
else
{
echo "variable is neither of us";
}
DO NOT put an expression near the case statement.
switch ($somethng)
{
case $something < 10:
break;
case $something > 20:
break;
}
Switch is meant to be used only for comparing a variable against a set of values. ONLY! For everything else use a if...elseif..else statement.
The block above is wrong usage. Sometimes more than one of those expressions could be true.

Answer 4

$var = "cat";
switch($var)
{
case "cat":
echo 'My '.$var.' is called Bob.';
break;
case "dog":
echo 'My '.$var.' is called James.';
break;
default:
echo "I don't have an animal";
break;
}
In a switch statemant you compare $var against value in a case. If there is a match, the actual case will be executed, otherwise the default will be executed. You can't use <>!=... in a case, only values like: 1, '1', 'dog', $var2, and so on.
If you want to run the same command for two case you can do:
$var = "cat";
switch($var)
{
case "cat":
case "dog":
echo 'My '.$var.' is called James.';
break;
default:
echo "I don't have an animal";
break;
}
In your code, your forgot to put break; at the end of each case, that's why you see 'everything' in your output. And you miss default: too.
For the task you're doing, i suggest you to use if statements.

Answer 5

if iam not wrong you can't use this characters < > raw in html. use instead the entities > and <.
if you run the script in the command line i got following output.
<?php
ob_start();
$page = 99;
switch ($page)
{
case $page < 121:
echo '< more <br/>';
case $page > 123:
echo '> less <br/>';
case $page == 99:
echo '= equality <br/>';
case $page != 99:
echo '!= no\'t equality <br/>';
}
$buffer = ob_get_clean();
echo str_replace('<br/>', "\n", $buffer);
output
< more
> less
= equality
!= no't equality
which seems to be the correct behavoir.
It is important to understand how the
switch statement is executed in order
to avoid mistakes. The switch
statement executes line by line
(actually, statement by statement). In
the beginning, no code is executed.
Only when a case statement is found
with a value that matches the value of
the switch expression does PHP begin
to execute the statements. PHP
continues to execute the statements
until the end of the switch block, or
the first time it sees a break
statement.
http://de.php.net/manual/de/control-structures.switch.php

Answer 6

';
break;
case $page > 123:
echo '> less ';
break;
case $page == 99:
echo '= equality ';
break;
case $page != 99:
echo '!= no\'t equality ';
break;
default: echo 'Default';
}
?>