[PHP] Variables with - in their name

2012-11-17 Thread Ron Piggott
I have made the following variable in a form: (I am referring the ) \r\n"; ?> It could be wrote: Only PHP is treating the hyphen as a minus sign --- which in turn is causing a syntax error. How do I retrieve the value of this variable and over come the “minus” sign that is really a hyph

Re: [PHP] Re: Switch - Case Statement Questions

2012-11-17 Thread tamouse mailing lists
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Sebastian Krebs wrote: > (Beside: Was "the principle of least surprise" not a ruby-thing? ;)) No, but the Ruby (and Rails) world takes concepts like this and really runs with them. Principle of Least Astonishment has been around for quite some time, with examples

Re: [PHP] Re: Switch - Case Statement Questions

2012-11-17 Thread tamouse mailing lists
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Sebastian Krebs wrote: > 2012/11/17 Andrew Ballard > >> On Nov 16, 2012 10:24 PM, "tamouse mailing lists" >> wrote: >> > Just a tad obscure for someone coming along >> > later >> >> Without knowing the intent of the code, it could be a headache to maintain. >> >

Re: [PHP] Re: Switch - Case Statement Questions

2012-11-17 Thread Sebastian Krebs
2012/11/17 Andrew Ballard > On Nov 16, 2012 10:24 PM, "tamouse mailing lists" > wrote: > > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Sebastian Krebs > wrote: > > > Beside this it can be rewritten as > > > > > > switch ((int) (($count-1) / 7) { > > > case 0: // 1-7 > > > case 1: // 8 - 14 > > >

Re: [PHP] Re: Switch - Case Statement Questions

2012-11-17 Thread Sebastian Krebs
2012/11/17 Tim Streater > On 17 Nov 2012 at 01:33, Iñigo Medina wrote: > > > On Fri, 16 Nov 2012, Jim Giner wrote: > > >> Maybe I'm way out of touch, but when I look at php.net for the syntax > of the > >> switch statement I see: > >> switch($var){ > >> case (value): > >> (do s

Re: [PHP] How to get a PHP bug fixed?

2012-11-17 Thread Daniel Brown
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 1:51 AM, Enumag wrote: > Hi, there is a bug I'd like to be fixed and even a patch is available. But > there is still no reaction at all after 2 years. What else can I do to get > the bug fixed? > > https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45351 - patch available from 2010-06-13 > ht

Re: [PHP] Re: Switch - Case Statement Questions

2012-11-17 Thread Andrew Ballard
On Nov 16, 2012 10:24 PM, "tamouse mailing lists" wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Sebastian Krebs wrote: > > Beside this it can be rewritten as > > > > switch ((int) (($count-1) / 7) { > > case 0: // 1-7 > > case 1: // 8 - 14 > > default: // above 15 > > } > > Nice code refacto

Re: [PHP] Re: Switch - Case Statement Questions

2012-11-17 Thread Stuart Dallas
On 17 Nov 2012, at 10:53, Tim Streater wrote: > On 17 Nov 2012 at 01:33, Iñigo Medina wrote: > >> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012, Jim Giner wrote: > >>> Maybe I'm way out of touch, but when I look at php.net for the syntax of the >>> switch statement I see: >>> switch($var){ >>> case (value): >>>

[PHP] Re: Switch - Case Statement Questions

2012-11-17 Thread Tim Streater
On 17 Nov 2012 at 01:33, Iñigo Medina wrote: > On Fri, 16 Nov 2012, Jim Giner wrote: >> Maybe I'm way out of touch, but when I look at php.net for the syntax of the >> switch statement I see: >> switch($var){ >> case (value): >> (do something) >> case (other value): >>

Re: [PHP] How to get a PHP bug fixed?

2012-11-17 Thread Iñigo Medina
On Sat, 17 Nov 2012, Enumag wrote: Hi, there is a bug I'd like to be fixed and even a patch is available. But there is still no reaction at all after 2 years. What else can I do to get the bug fixed? https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45351 - patch available from 2010-06-13 https://bugs.php.net/b