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<blockquote data-quote="Heaplink" data-source="post: 212278" data-attributes="member: 8966">if and switch are different statements. The switch can meet one condition and goes through all cases until the condition is met. If statements can meet multiple conditions which need to be met and you have the possibility of doing something else, if the first conditions isn't met.&nbsp;It depends on what you wan't to do. Don't think about performance unless you got more than 1000 conditions to go through. SeanDavies' example is showing you usages.&nbsp;For your question about how switches work - it works like a... switch.&nbsp;Imagine a switch.It has 5 states.If we switch to Yellow we produce the color YellowIf we switch to Green or Red we can produce anything else.Else If the color is black or anything else we produce something else.&nbsp;[PHP]switch($color) {case &quot;Blue&quot;:// $color is Blue we break here. We don't fall through it.break;case &quot;Yellow&quot;:// $color is Yellow// If we return it ends the execution.return;case &quot;Green&quot;:case &quot;Red&quot;:// $color is either Green or Redbreak;case &quot;Black&quot;:default:// $color is either Black or something else// We can use default if no case is met.// We can also fall through cases. Useful.break;}[/PHP]&nbsp;Equivalent if statement&nbsp;[PHP]if($color === &quot;Blue&quot;) {&nbsp; &nbsp; // $color is Blue.} else if ($color === &quot;Yellow&quot;) {&nbsp; &nbsp; // $color is Yellow.&nbsp; &nbsp; return;} else if ($color === &quot;Green&quot; || $color === &quot;Red&quot;) {&nbsp; &nbsp; // $color is either Green or Red} else {&nbsp; &nbsp; // $color is something else (Notice!)}[/PHP]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Heaplink, post: 212278, member: 8966"] [FONT=courier new]if[/FONT] and [FONT=courier new]switch[/FONT] are different statements. The [FONT=courier new]switch[/FONT] can meet one condition and goes through all cases until the condition is met. If statements can meet multiple conditions which need to be met and you have the possibility of doing something else, if the first conditions isn't met. It depends on what you wan't to do. Don't think about performance unless you got more than 1000 conditions to go through. SeanDavies' example is showing you usages. For your question about how switches work - it works like a... switch. Imagine a switch. It has 5 states. If we switch to Yellow we produce the color Yellow If we switch to Green or Red we can produce anything else. Else If the color is black or anything else we produce something else. [PHP]switch($color) { case "Blue": // $color is Blue we break here. We don't fall through it. break; case "Yellow": // $color is Yellow // If we return it ends the execution. return; case "Green": case "Red": // $color is either Green or Red break; case "Black": default: // $color is either Black or something else // We can use default if no case is met. // We can also fall through cases. Useful. break; }[/PHP] Equivalent [FONT=courier new]if[/FONT] statement [PHP]if($color === "Blue") { // $color is Blue. } else if ($color === "Yellow") { // $color is Yellow. return; } else if ($color === "Green" || $color === "Red") { // $color is either Green or Red } else { // $color is something else (Notice!) }[/PHP] [/QUOTE]

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