form help with switch to array

[darkfreaks]

okay i spent all yesterday making like 300 if statements into one giant switch statement would it shorten the code any if i made it into an array statement?

 

case ($line==''.$reason.' Reason.'):
$message = $line.$user;
break;

 

i need something like that put into an array statement if possible

 

 

 

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Just put a list of the possible values into an array and use in_array() to test if $line is one of the values to determine if $message should be set to $message = $line.$user;

[darkfreaks]

how would i use in_array to match the values to line? wouldnt that check just to see if the reason was in the array?

[darkfreaks]

would this possibly work for an assoc array

 

 

$array=array("$reason"=>"reason.");

if(in_array($array) && $array==$line){
$message = $line.$user;
}

[darkfreaks]

oops i got the last part backwards HAHA it is sposed to be

 

&& $line==$array

 

but that will make sure it matches everything in the array right?>

[darkfreaks]

on second thought that wont output the whole array will it

[PFMaBiSmAd]

There's really no way you can effectively use a function in a programming language until you have studied the documentation so that you know what it accepts as parameters, what operation it performs, and what value it returns - http://us2.php.net/in_array

[darkfreaks]

from what i gather in_array just checks whether a value is in the array i need a way to match the array withe the $line variable.

 

 

[PFMaBiSmAd]

You have not exactly provided any information showing what you are trying to accomplish and what the result should be for any given data.

 

Based on the code in your previous thread, doing what I stated in this thread will work.