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Please stop using switch/case in PHP

Please stop using switch/case in PHP

Since PHP 8 there is a type-safe alternative to switch statements that is also easier to write. We'll show you how easy it is.

Of course, you can also do without “default” or specify several values separated by commas:

Before:

switch ($variable) {
    case 'foo':
        $newVariable = anyFunctionFoo();
    case 'bar':
        $newVariable = anyFunctionBar();
    default:
        $newVariable = 'foobar';
}

After:

$newVariable = match ($variable) {
    'foo' => anyFunctionFoo(),
    'bar' => anyFunctionBar(),
    default => 'foobar',
};

Of course, you can also do without “default” or specify several values separated by commas:

$newVariable = match ($variable) {
    'foo', 'foobar' => anyFunctionFoo(),
    'bar' => anyFunctionBar(),
};

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