Question

This code snippet is just a small part of a larger php file. Currently, the file produces nothing when run (as befits PHP) but when I comment out this section (below), the file executes. Thus, I’m left to believe that something in this code snippet is keeping the PHP from running correctly. Perhaps is it the nested switch-statements?

switch($interval)
{
    case "week":

        $active_date = date('N', $endTime);

        switch($active_date)
        {
            case 1:
                $categories = ["Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Sunday","Monday"];
                break;
            case 2:
                $categories = ["Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Sunday","Monday","Tuesday"];
                break;
            case 3:
                $categories = ["Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday"];
                break;
            case 4:
                $categories = ["Friday","Saturday","Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday"];
                break;
            case 5:
                $categories = ["Saturday","Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday"];
                break;
            case 6:
                $categories = ["Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday"];
                break;
            case 7:
                $categories = ["Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Sunday"];
                break;
        }
        break;
    case "month":
        $categories = ["Three Weeks Ago","Two Weeks Ago","Last Week","This Week"];
        break;
    case "year":

        $active_date = date('n', $endTime);

        switch($active_date)
        {
            case 1:
                $categories = ["February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December","January"];
                break;
            case 2:
                $categories = ["March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December","January","February"];
                break;
            case 3:
                $categories = ["April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December","January","February","March"];
                break;
            case 4:
                $categories = ["May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December","January","February","March","April"];
                break;
            case 5:
                $categories = ["June","July","August","September","October","November","December","January","February","March","April","May"];
                break;
            case 6:
                $categories = ["July","August","September","October","November","December","January","February","March","April","May","June"];
                break;
            case 7:
                $categories = ["August","September","October","November","December","January","February","March","April","May","June","July"];
                break;
            case 8:
                $categories = ["September","October","November","December","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August"];
                break;
            case 9:
                $categories = ["October","November","December","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September"];
                break;
            case 10:
                $categories = ["November","December","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October"];
                break;
            case 11:
                $categories = ["December","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November"];
                break;
            case 12:
                $categories = ["January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"];
                break;
        }
        break;
}

any idea what is incorrect about this?

Answer 1

Thanks for the responses, I was hinted to try using the array() syntax instead of the [ ] syntax and that appears to have the code working. So I’ll assume that as a solution for now.