Switch action

[Charlie_paul]

Hello everyone from a php newbie,

I have a option selections box and need to select an action depending on the results.

Its for an insert script for items into a Database and depending on the chosen option it add the picture to the DB table

The selection options are

 

<select name="extension" style="font-size:18px"><option value="pdf">PDF</option><option value="zip">ZIP</option><option value="powerpoint">PowerPoint</option></select>

 

the Swtich is

switch $_POST['extention']{
              case 'zip':
              echo $insert_image = $_POST['extension'].'winzip.gif';
              break;
              case 'powerpoint':
              echo $insert_image = $_POST['extension'].'ppt.gif';
              break;
              default:
              echo $insert_image = $_POST['extension'].'products/pdf.gif';
              }

 

Would someone please tell me if this is correct syntax?

Or have i got it horribly wrong!

 

Thank you for your a help

 

Charlie

[Pikachu2000]

What happened when you tried it?

[Charlie_paul]

Hello and thank you for replying so fast 

i have not tried it out yet, i was just wondering if it looked like it might work lol 

 

To try it out will take me about an hour getting stuff ready maybe longer, does it look OK to you please

 

Thank you

Charlie  x

[BlueSkyIS]

many people here are skilled at PHP. but no one has the ability to look at code, parse the code and run it in his/her head.

 

learning PHP involves making mistakes, fixing them, making more mistakes, fixing those mistakes, etc., ad infinitum. if you don't try anything, you will never learn.

[Charlie_paul]

Hello,

I understand that, and i shall try it out later, have commented it out now, all i was asking really was whether the code looked ok as it was, i.e syntax was correct

i changed it now to an elseif statement that i know will work, just having a play with switch.

Thank you all for your help

Charlie