I have lots of if else logic - is there another option?

Of course there is! What you need is the switch statement. This is a clearer way of writing your code with lots of different options.

So rather than having loads of if, else or if, elseif, else loops, you can have it all neatly ordered with a switch statement.

Let's take a look shall we:


<?php

switch($baggage) {

case 'booze':

echo "You have something to declare!";

break;

case 'candy':

echo "You have a sweet tooth!";

break;

case 'water':

echo "You can't take liquid on board this flight, ma'am!";

break;

default:

echo "Could anyone have interfered with your baggage?";

break;

}

?>

You should be able to work out what will happen here very clearly and it's easy to write, much better than convoluted if-elseif-if conditionals.

The key points to note are:

Each option for the variable, here $baggage, is started with the word 'case' then the value, then a colon, then the relevant code, here echo statements, and then 'break;'.

The other important point is the use of a default at the bottom, if no other case applies above (get the 'baggage' joke yet?), then the default will run.

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