On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:58:32 +0000 (GMT), Philip Olson 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...';
>
> Yet another solution (just for fun):
>
> $vowels = 'aeiou';
> if (false !== strpos($vowels,strtolower($table['field']{0}))) echo 'n';
>
> Regards,
> Philip
Thank you for your suggestions. I know it's not as elegant as your
suggestions, but I settled on the following because it's easy for me to
read and understand when I view the code later. I also listed both upper
and lower case vowels in the array because according to the PHP Manual,
in_array() is case sensitive.
<?php
$vowels = array('a','e','i','o','u','y','A','E','I','O','U','Y');
if (in_array(substr($table['field'], 0, 1),$vowels)) {
echo 'Member has an ' . $table['field'] . ' who is...';
} else {
echo 'Member has a ' . $table['field'] . ' who is...';
}
?>
Thanx again,
Robb
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Robb Kerr
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