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Video of PHP Switch Statement - Switch vs if/else statement - Full PHP 8 Tutorial in PHP Native course by Program With Gio channel, video No. 18 free certified online
In this PHP tutorial you will learn about the switch statement in PHP, how to use it with examples, concerns when using switch statement within loops & the differences between the series of if statements & the switch statement. The switch statement is similar to if, elseif, else statements. The main difference is that the switch statement takes a single expression & compares its value against multiple values (cases).
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LESSON 1.17
Course Outline - https://github.com/ggelashvili/learnphptherightway-outline
Course Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?listPLr3d3QYzkw2xabQRUpcZ_IBk9W50M9pe-
RESOURCES
Check https://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.alternative-syntax.php for alternative syntax for the switch statement.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Switch statement
00:50 - Default case
01:00 - Break statement within switch & how does switch statement work
02:39 - Fall-through strategy & use-case of omitting the break statement
03:28 - Loose comparison
04:10 - Switch statement within loops & using break
04:57 - Using continue statement within the switch statement that's within loop
05:42 - Difference between switch statement & series of if statements (switch vs if). Demonstrating example of the performance difference