Re: Switch

Bill H wrote:
/* Initialize a clean array to replace $_POST with clean data */
$etype = $_POST['etype'];
$errmsg = 'etype-: '.$etype.' | Case value-: ';

/* Define the mailto address
switch ($etype) {
case 0:
$mailto = 'sales@xxxxxxxxxx';
$errmsg .= '0';
break;
case 1:
$mailto = 'support@xxxxxxxxxx';
$errmsg .= '1';
break;
case 2:
$mailto = 'webmaster@xxxxxxxxxx';
$errmsg .= '2';
break;
case 3:
$mailto = 'myacct@xxxxxxxxxx';
$errmsg .= '3';
break;
default:
$mailto = 'me@xxxxxxxxxx';
$errmsg .= 'default';
}
.
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builds an email and sends it to myself.
?>

The email shows up at the "me" address instead of the "myacct" address. The problem is the email shows "etype-: 3 | Case value-: ". This indicates that the switch didn't work at all. Can anyone tell me why?

Isn't it simpler to do:
$aMailTo = array('sales@xxxxxxxxxx', 'support@xxxxxxxxxx',
'webmaster@xxxxxxxxxx', 'myacct@xxxxxxxxxx');
$mailTo = 'me@xxxxxxxxxx'; // default
if (array_key_exists($etype, $aMailTo))
$mailTo = $aMailTo[$etype];
$errmsg .= "$etype";


By the way, in your code above, you haven't closed off
the comment that starts on the Define the mailto address line.
Also, though it shouldn't make a difference in the switch
statement, the type of $etype is string.

Csaba Gabor from Vienna
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