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Perform an action if a condition is true (IF .. THEN)
Given a variable name, if the value is
"Bob", display the string "Hello, Bob!". Perform no action if the name is not equal.
php
if($name == "Bob") {
echo "Hello, Bob!";
}
echo "Hello, Bob!";
}
Perform different actions depending on a boolean condition (IF .. THEN .. ELSE)
Given a variable age, if the value is greater than 42 display
"You are old", otherwise display "You are young"
php
if($age < 42) {
echo "You are young";
} else {
echo "You are old";
}
echo "You are young";
} else {
echo "You are old";
}
echo "You are " . (($age < 43) ? "young" : "old");
Perform different actions depending on several boolean conditions (IF .. THEN .. ELSIF .. ELSE)
php
echo "You are " . (($age > 84) ? "really ancient" : (($age > 30) ? "middle-aged" : "young"));
$response = "You are ";
if ($age > 84) {
$response .= "really ancient";
} else if ($age > 30) {
$response .= "middle-aged";
} else {
$response .= "young";
}
echo $response;
if ($age > 84) {
$response .= "really ancient";
} else if ($age > 30) {
$response .= "middle-aged";
} else {
$response .= "young";
}
echo $response;
Replacing a conditional with many branches with a switch/case statement
Many languages support more compact forms of branching than just if ... then ... else such as switch or case or match. Use such a form to add an appropriate placing suffix to the numbers 1..40, e.g. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, ..., 11th, 12th, ... 39th, 40th
php
function suffix($n) {
switch ($n) {
case ($n % 100 >= 4) && ($n % 100 <= 20):
return 'th';
case $n % 10 == 1:
return 'st';
case $n % 10 == 2:
return 'nd';
case $n % 10 == 3:
return 'rd';
default:
return 'th';
}
}
for ($n=1; $n<=40; $n++) {
echo $n . suffix($n) ."\n";
}
switch ($n) {
case ($n % 100 >= 4) && ($n % 100 <= 20):
return 'th';
case $n % 10 == 1:
return 'st';
case $n % 10 == 2:
return 'nd';
case $n % 10 == 3:
return 'rd';
default:
return 'th';
}
}
for ($n=1; $n<=40; $n++) {
echo $n . suffix($n) ."\n";
}
