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PHP find output programs (switch Statement) | set 2

Find the output of PHP programs | switch Statement | Set 2: Enhance the knowledge of PHP switch Statement concepts by solving and finding the output of some PHP programs.
Submitted by Nidhi, on January 22, 2021

Question 1:

<?php
    $var = echo ("Hello");
    
    switch ($var)
    {
        case 0:
            echo "Zero";
        break;
    
        case 1:
            echo "One";
        break;
    
        case 2:
            echo "Two";
        break;
    
        case 3:
            echo "Three";
        break;
    
        default:
            echo "Wrong Choice";
        break;
    }
?>

Output:

PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected 'echo' 
(T_ECHO) in /home/main.php on line 2

Explanation:

The above program will generate compile-time error because of the below statement:

$var = echo ("Hello");

In the above statement, we tried to assign the value returned by the echo function to the $var variable, which is not possible.

Question 2:

<?php
    $var = intval(pi());
    
    switch ($var)
    {
        case 0:
            echo "Zero";
        break;
    
        case 1:
            echo "One";
        break;
    
        case 2:
            echo "Two";
        break;
    
        case 3:
            echo "Three";
            continue;
    
        default:
            echo "Wrong Choice";
        break;
    }
?>

Output:

Three

Explanation:

The above program will print "Three" on the webpage. In the above program, we created a variable $var.

Here, pi() will return 3.1415926535898 and then function intval() convert it into 3 and assigned to $var.

Here, case 3 will execute and print "Three" on the webpage. In PHP we can use continue statements in the switch block.

Question 3:

<?php
    $var = (int)pi();

    switch ($var)
    {
        default:
            echo "Wrong Choice";
    
        case 0:
            echo "Zero";
        break;
    
        case 1:
            echo "One";
        break;
    
        case 2:
            echo "Two";
        break;
    
        case 3:
            echo "Three";
        break;
    }
?>

Output:

Three

Explanation:

The above program will print "Three" on the webpage. In the above program, we created a variable $var.

$var = (int)pi();

Here, pi() will return 3.1415926535898 and then we typecast value returned by function pi() that is 3, assigned to the variable $var.

Here, case 3 will execute and print "Three" on the webpage.

Question 4:

<?php
    $var = NULL;
    
    switch ($var)
    {
        case 0:
            echo "Zero";
        break;
    
        case 1:
            echo "One";
        break;
    
        case 2:
            echo "Two";
        break;
    
        case 3:
            echo "Three";
        break;
    
        default:
            echo "Wrong Choice";
        break;
    }
?>

Output:

Zero

Explanation:

The above program will print "Zero" on the webpage. In the above program, we created a variable $var.

Here, the value of NULL is 0, then $var is assigned by the 0. Then case 0 will execute and print "One" on the webpage.

Question 5:

<?php
    $var = '3';
    
    switch ($var)
    {
        case 0:
            echo "Zero";
        break;
        
        case 1:
            echo "One":
        break;
        
        case 2:
            echo "Two";
        break;
        
        case 3:
            echo "Three";
        break;
        
        default:
            echo "Wrong Choice";
        break;
    }
?>

Output:

PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting ',' or ';' 
in /home/main.php on line 11

Explanation:

The above program will generate compilation error because we use a colon ":" instead of the semicolon ";" in the below statement,

echo "One":

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