On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 12:59, Richard Lynch wrote: > Tim Boring wrote: > > Hello! I'm having an odd regex problem. Here's a summary of what I'm > > trying to accomplish: > > > switch ($line) > > { > > case ($total_counter <= 5): > > break; > > case preg_match("/^\W+/", $line): > > While it would be Really Nifty (tm) if PHP worked this way, as far as I > know, you can only have a CONSTANT in your case. > > switch($char){ > case 'X': echo "It was an X"; break; > } > > You can't just put arbitrary expressions there... > > Feel free to correct me if the Manual sez different. It's perfectly legit to use expressions. Now perhaps there is something wrong with the regex I'm trying to use, but using a regex in and of itself is legal. http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.switch.php Tim -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php