Anyone Who Knows PHP Programing

[Tigger]

I like to use a php function to switch between ON and OFF automatically upon the call.
Of course something simple like

$condition="OFF";
switch ($condition) {
case "OFF" :
$condition="ON";
break;
case "ON" :
$condition="OFF";
break;
}

this always returns ON but that is not what I need. How can I make it so that it remember the previous setting of $condition and act accordingly so it alternate between ON/Off automatically upon the call to the function?

Thanks

Tigger Reviewed by Tigger on 17th Jan 2011. Anyone Who Knows PHP Programing I like to use a php function to switch between ON and OFF automatically upon the call. Of course something simple like $condition="OFF"; switch ($condition) { case "OFF" : $condition="ON"; break; case "ON" : $condition="OFF"; Rating: 5

[dermechove]

it's not the proper section to post such a thread just PM a mod to move it to its proper section.
anyway you need to check before putting off into $condition the first time if it's set or not.
if it's not set the put off in it else(it already has a value) then nothing to do.

[Tigger]

that is a good idea; thank you dermechove.

[Daniel]

Moved to development area

[Halcyon]

Tried using single quotes?

Strings give a hell lot of trouble when used in switch-case statements. Try

$condition="OFF";
 
switch ($condition) {
     case 'OFF' :
                 $condition="ON";
                 break;
     case 'ON' :
                 $condition="OFF";
                 break;
} 

If this doesn't work, Then check it via ASCII values(or equivalent).

I hope that helps.

[litewarez]

Tried using single quotes?

This dies not make a difference in PHP, single quotes are used for escape chars

[nawind]

you need to store the $condition to session, cookie or database
and the initial value should be retrived from there, it is hard coded in your script...

[litewarez]

session_start();

$status = isset($_SESSION['status']) ? $_SESSION['status'] : "OFF";

switch($status)
{
    case "ON":
         $status = $_SESSION['status'] = "OFF";
    break;
    case "OFF":
         $status = $_SESSION['status'] = "ON";
    break;
}