On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:27:04 -0500, Robb Kerr
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I need some help with a looping syntax. In english, "a" is used before
> words that begin with consonants - "an" is used before words that start
> with vowels. I'm trying to create a loop that checks this state and inserts
> the correct word in the echo line. Below is the sloppy version of what I'm
> trying to do...
>
> <?php
> if (substr($table['field'], 0, 1)=="a") OR (substr($table['field'], 0,
> 1)=="e") OR (substr($table['field'], 0, 1)=="i") OR
> (substr($table['field'], 0, 1)=="u") OR (substr($table['field'], 0,
> 1)=="y") }
> echo 'Member has an ' . $table['field'] . ' who is...';
> } else {
> echo 'Member has a ' . $table['field'] . 'who is...';
> }
> ?>
>
> There's got to a cleaner way to do this. Perhaps using a list or array
> containing the vowels and steping through it checking the first letter of
> the field contents against each member of the list. But, I don't know how
> to code this system. Please help.
>
How about this?
$vowels = array('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u');
echo 'Member has a'.(in_array($table['field'][0], $vowels) ? 'n' :
'').' '.$table['field'].' who is...';
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