Question

I am trying to get a variable on my page to equal the result of a switch I have.

This is the code:

$payment_method = switch ($cardtype) {
case "visa" : echo "VSA"; break;
case "mastercard" : echo "MSC"; break;
case "maestro" : echo "MAE"; break;
case "amex" : echo "AMX" ; break;
default : echo "Please specify a payment method!"; break;
};

How can I get $payment_method to equal the result of this????

So far I recieve an error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_SWITCH in /var/www/account/credits/moneybookers/process.php on line 65

Answer 1

You should assign the value within the switch:

switch ($cardtype) {
    case "visa":
        $payment_method = "VSA";
    break;
    case "mastercard":
        $payment_method = "MSC";
    break;
    case "maestro":
        $payment_method = "MAE";
    break;
    case "amex":
        $payment_method = "AMX";
    break;
    default:
        echo "Please specify a payment method!";
    break;
};