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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Little switch improvement: get the used variable
From: figureonecpr@gmail.com (Sanford Whiteman)

You can already do:

$a = 1;
$b = 2;

switch( $switch_value = $a + $b ) {
default:
print $switch_value;
}

No magic or new operator required....

-- S.