Posted by Bret Hughes on 01/20/05 20:14

On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 11:59, Richard Lynch wrote:
> 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.
>

yeah, the discussion for switch illustrates the use of functions in
case statements. I have never done it and I wonder if there is a
difference in what preg_replace returns vs what is "true" but if that
was an issue, why doesn't the if catch it. wish I had time to play.

Bret

http://www/php.net/switch

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