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I've seen the same hack done with `switch (true)` in pre-PHP8 code (and other languages) as well.

• gremlinsinc 4y ago
  match is basically a cleaner, more succinct switch, I hardly ever used switches before, though I use match a LOT. switch ($i) { case 0: echo "i equals 0"; break; case 1: echo "i equals 1"; break; case 2: echo "i equals 2"; break; } verses: $output = match($i) { 0 => 'i equals 0', 1 => 'i equals 1', 2 => 'i equals 2', default => 'i is unknown' } echo $output; the result is basically the same, but match is more of an enclosed switch that just returns instead of does side effects, then you can do what you like w/ that. Ymmv, but match is a great code saver, and is very nice for enums and methods on enums. Before match i'd probably do something like: $output = 'i is unknown'; if($i == 0){ return 'i equals 0'; } if($i == 1) { return 'i equals 1'; } if ($i == 2) { return 'i equals 2'; } return $output; Not really, I'd probably do.. if($i) { return "i equals {$i}"; } return 'i is unknown'; but the point was if I had to check for multiples to match something, then do something else, that's how I would do it... albeit this is a simple case with a better solution.