PHP Switch Statement, Easy To Learn Switch Statement Tutorial in PHP

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PHP Switch Statement

The PHP switch-case statement is an alternative to the if-elseif-else statement. PHP switch statement is used to execute one statement from multiple conditions.

switch(…){…} is the control structure block code

case value : case… are the blocks of code to be executed depending on the value of the condition

default : is the block of code to be executed when no value matches with the condition

Syntax

switch(expression){

case value1:

//code to be executed

break;

case value2:

//code to be executed

break;

......

default:

//Code to be executed if all cases are not matched;

}

The following example of switch statement.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<title>PHP Switch Statement</title>
</head>

<body>

<?php
$today = date("D");
switch($today){
    case "Mon":
        echo "Today is Monday.";
        break;
    case "Tue":
        echo "Today is Tuesday.";
        break;
    case "Wed":
        echo "Today is Wednesday.";
        break;
    case "Thu":
        echo "Today is Thursday.";
        break;
    case "Fri":
        echo "Today is Friday.";
        break;
    case "Sat":
        echo "Today is Saturday.";
        break;
    case "Sun":
        echo "Today is Sunday.";
        break;
    default:
        echo "No information available for that day.";
        break;
}
?>

</body>
</html>

Output :

The break statement tells PHP to break out of the switch-case statement block once it executes the code associated with the first true case.

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