[Resolved] When to use CASE

[zzz]

If I have a login page and would like to display content based on a role of the user, should i use switch case or

if ($user == 'admin') ... etc

type logic?

[laserlight]

It really depends on the circumstances.

[dcav]

I would say use SWITCH, well CASE ... whatever..
Personally I think it looks cleaner.

switch ($user) {
case "admin":
dAdminPage();
break;
case "members":
dMembersPage();
break;
default:
// Guests
dGuestPage();
}

I use if elseif else only for real logic stuff.
if you are just doing IF ELSE to assign value, just use ternary.

I think all this makes code reading much more easier due to distinctiveness in each of the code blocks.

[zzz]

I agree, case switch looks a lot cleaner in my case. All it does is pulling different includes based on the role.