"00000E00" not being treated as string?

[aobrien5]

I've got a big switch/case statement to translate file names into readable text.  Our programmers chose to use hex strings to describe different parts of the files, and all of my cases are working fine except one.

 

	switch ($profile) :
             <snip>
	case "00001800":
	    $r .= " Live+7 ACM";
	    break;
	case "00001C00":
	    $r .= " Live+75 ACM";
	    break;
	case "00000E00":
	    $r .= " Live+3";
	    break;
	case "00000802":
	    $r .= " Hispanic Live+7";
	    break;
	default:
	    $r .= "";
endswitch;

 

All of the cases above work fine (including those snipped) except case "00000E00".  I've verified that the $profile contains the same string, but it get's translated as default.  Is it being treated as a hex number for some reason?  If so, why aren't all the others?

 

I'm completely baffled on this one.  I've tried storing the case string as a variable and that didn't help.  I tried modifying the $profile and case to "10000E00" and that works fine.  I tried modifying the $profile and case to "00001E00" and that ended up getting translated as a different number altogether.

 

Does this mean I need to ensure that $profile is being treated as a string?  How should I do that?

[F1Fan]

Try using single quotes around the strings. That will tell the code to look at it literally, rather than trying to determine what it is (string, numberic, etc.).

[aobrien5]

Actually, I did try that as well, and it didn't help.  The more I write about this, the more I think it's related to the variable in $profile not being of the right format.  That's being gathered from this part of the code:

 

list($market, $period, $geography, $service, $profile, $other) = explode("_", $filename);

 

where $filename = CHI_0807_12_00000004_00000E00_0

 

Thanks.

[sasa]

'0000E00' means 0000*10^0 = 0 (float)

change line

case "00000E00":

to

case $profile==="00000E00":

[discomatt]

You could also try

 

echo (string)$profile

    switch ( (string)$profile ) :

[PFMaBiSmAd]

The bits of posted code actually work. That would mean that the $profile variable is being accessed as a number somewhere between where it is set and where it is tested in the switch/case statement.

 

Please post the relevant code.

[sasa]

The bits of posted code actually work. That would mean that the $profile variable is being accessed as a number somewhere between where it is set and where it is tested in the switch/case statement.

 

Please post the relevant code.

maybe not

try

<?php
$a = '001';
switch ($a):
case  '1':
	echo 'ok';
break;
default:
	echo 'no';
break;
endswitch;
?>

[aobrien5]

because $profile==="00000E00" doesn't work, I have to think $profile is being set as a float instead of a string when it's being exploded, right?  Unfortunately, if I print it, it prints as 00000E00.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Like I stated, just the posted pieces of code work -

<?php
$filename = "CHI_0807_12_00000004_00000E00_0";
list($market, $period, $geography, $service, $profile, $other) = explode("_", $filename);
echo $profile;
$r = "";
switch ($profile) :
	case "00001800":
	    $r .= " Live+7 ACM";
	    break;
	case "00001C00":
	    $r .= " Live+75 ACM";
	    break;
	case "00000E00":
	    $r .= " Live+3";
	    break;
	case "00000802":
	    $r .= " Hispanic Live+7";
	    break;
	default:
	    $r .= "";
endswitch;
echo $r;
?>

 

You would need to post all the relevant code for anyone in a forum to be able to duplicate and find what exactly your code is doing.

 

Edit: I'm going to take a guess that the variable gets passed as a parameter in a function call at some point.

[aobrien5]

Actually that's fascinating.  As I mentioned, I snipped a few cases above those posted.  Put this case in as the first one, and it breaks:

 

case "00000000":
    break;

 

Edit: If you still want the whole function, I can post it.  However, $profile is not passed into the function.

 

Edit2: case $profile==="00000000" makes everybody happy.