PHP - Decision Making
PHP - Decision Making
PHP - Decision Making
The if, elseif ...else and switch statements are used to take decision based on the different
condition.
You can use conditional statements in your code to make your decisions. PHP supports
following three decision making statements −
if...else statement − use this statement if you want to execute a set of code when a
condition is true and another if the condition is not true
elseif statement − is used with the if...else statement to execute a set of code if one of the
several condition is true
switch statement − is used if you want to select one of many blocks of code to be
executed, use the Switch statement. The switch statement is used to avoid long blocks of
if..elseif..else code.
If you want to execute some code if a condition is true and another code if a condition is false,
use the if....else statement.
Syntax
if (condition)
code to be executed if condition is true;
else
code to be executed if condition is false;
Example
The following example will output "Have a nice weekend!" if the current day is Friday,
Otherwise, it will output "Have a nice day!":
Live Demo
<html>
<body>
<?php
$d = date("D");
if ($d == "Fri")
echo "Have a nice weekend!";
else
echo "Have a nice day!";
?>
</body>
</html>
If you want to execute some code if one of the several conditions are true use the elseif statement
Syntax
if (condition)
code to be executed if condition is true;
elseif (condition)
code to be executed if condition is true;
else
code to be executed if condition is false;
Example
The following example will output "Have a nice weekend!" if the current day is Friday, and
"Have a nice Sunday!" if the current day is Sunday. Otherwise, it will output "Have a nice day!"
−
Live Demo
<html>
<body>
<?php
$d = date("D");
if ($d == "Fri")
echo "Have a nice weekend!";
else
echo "Have a nice day!";
?>
</body>
</html>
If you want to select one of many blocks of code to be executed, use the Switch statement.
Syntax
switch (expression){
case label1:
code to be executed if expression = label1;
break;
case label2:
code to be executed if expression = label2;
break;
default:
code to be executed
if expression is different
from both label1 and label2;
}
Example
The switch statement works in an unusual way. First it evaluates given expression then seeks a
lable to match the resulting value. If a matching value is found then the code associated with the
matching label will be executed or if none of the lable matches then statement will execute any
specified default code.
Live Demo
<html>
<body>
<?php
$d = date("D");
switch ($d){
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 "Wonder which day is this ?";
}
?>
</body>
</html>
Today is Monday