Checking for string

[Jon12345]

Currently, my code just checks to see if a passed variable has a value. If it is then it sets kid to that variable. If not it sets it to xxx.

<? if (isset($_GET['kid'])) {
$kid = $_GET['kid'];
} else {
$kid="";
}
?>

I want to modify this so that if kid has a value, it then checks kid to see if it contains certain strings.

e.g.

if kid equals "dog" then kid="dog food"
if kid contains "cat" then kid="cat toy"
if kid equals "fish" then kid="fish"

I can see this might involve a case select but not sure how to structure it or check for the variable.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Jon

[dagon]

if ($_GET['kid'] =='dog'){
anything
}

[Kudose]

I think a switch would work best here

switch($_GET['kid']){
  case 'dog':
    $kid = 'dog food';
    break;
  case 'cat':
    $kid = 'cat toy';
    break;
  // etc...
  default:
    $kid = 'Unknown';
}

[Jon12345]

Notice that one of those conditions said "contain", not equals. Have you got a Case for if it contains a word?

[Kudose]

<?php
$_GET['kid'] = 'cat';
switch($_GET['kid']){
  case 'dog':
    $kid = 'dog food';
    break;
  case preg_replace("#.*(cat).*#", "$1", $_GET['kid']):
    $kid = 'cat toy';
    break;
  // etc...
  default:
    $kid = 'Unknown';
}
echo 'Kid = '.$kid;
?>

It needs work though.