Posted by Richard Lynch on 01/20/05 19:59

Tim Boring wrote:
> Hello! I'm having an odd regex problem. Here's a summary of what I'm
> trying to accomplish:

> switch ($line)
> {
> case ($total_counter <= 5):
> break;
> case preg_match("/^\W+/", $line):

While it would be Really Nifty (tm) if PHP worked this way, as far as I
know, you can only have a CONSTANT in your case.

switch($char){
case 'X': echo "It was an X"; break;
}

You can't just put arbitrary expressions there...

Feel free to correct me if the Manual sez different.

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