Multi IFs

WHY

I have about 500 if and elseifs, is there any way to optimize multi ifs? Or I have to go like:

if (expression)
statement1;
elseif (
elseif (
elseif (
elseif (
elseif (
elseif (
elseif (
elseif (
elseif (
.......

Thanks

Pig

switch()

WHY

Originally posted by Pig
switch()

Thanks for the quick reply. Can you give a bit more details?
Actually, there are something like,
if search 'Tom', then his DOB is '10/08/1981';
if search 'Mary', her DOB is 'xx/xx/xxxx';
.........
there are 500 people, each has unique DOB.

Thanks again.

Moonglobe

this seems like aLOT of data to hard-code. do you not havve a datebase available to you?

Weedpacket

Originally posted by WHY
Thanks for the quick reply. Can you give a bit more details?

Sure: [man]switch[/man].

But Moonglobe is right: this looks more like the sort of thing someone would use a computer for instead of doing it all by hand.

sarahk

I'm guessing the answer to the database question is NO

I have a site where I cache content from other sites where my product is mentioned (favourably). This is necessary because the content is not held permanently and I don't want to lose the exposure.

Anyway, I have a list of the cache on a "news" page and also on a site map page. I don't use a database in this instance so the parrallel with your requirement might be there.

Have a file called people.php

It would be

$aPeople = array(
  'Tom' => array('DOB' => '01/01/1960', 'Country' => 'Australia'),
  'Susie' => array('DOB' => '04/04/1972', 'Country' => 'New Zealand')
  );

Your search would then be

include 'people.php';
$dob = $aPeople[$name]['DOB'];

on an ongoing basis all you have to do is maintain people.php.
You could even store the people in a microsoft excel spreadsheet and use VBA to generate the PHP which you upload onto your website as necessary.

there are 500 people, each has unique DOB.

really? what calendar do you work on? 🙂

WHY

Moonglobe: MySQL is available for me.

I'll try sarahk's code and let you know the result.

Thanks

Moonglobe

ya sarahk's code should work, but i would still advise using MySQL for the sheer maintainability. do you want users to be able to add themselves or not?

WHY

Originally posted by Moonglobe
ya sarahk's code should work, but i would still advise using MySQL for the sheer maintainability. do you want users to be able to add themselves or not?

It's plus if users can add themselves 🙂

Thanks

sarahk

You might find a script like this: http://www.weberdev.com/get_example.php3?count=3231 will point you in the right direction. It's not perfect but will give you some ideas.

Others may have better recommendations.