Question

Looking for an elegant approach in PHP to take in a variable and then output two preset values.

Instead of using a series of if statements like below, wondering if there is a more elegant solution.

Example:

if ($edit_array[1] == job) {
$table = 'jobs'; $id = 'job_id';
}

Answer 1

If you have a bunch of ifs/elseifs try replacing them with switch

switch( $edit_array[1] ) {
    case 'job':
        $table = 'jobs';
        $id = 'job_id';
    default:
    ...
}

or sometimes a simple “config” array works

$job_config = array(
   'job' => array(
        'table' => 'jobs',
        'id' => 'job_id'
    )
);

$job_info = $job_config[$edit_array[1]];