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Re: terminate a PHP script [message #172548 is a reply to message #172545]

Mon, 21 February 2011 19:09

Peter H. Coffin
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:50:39 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:
> Because of the incredible convolution and depth of nested if/then/else
> you can get to. If I have (as it might be) a function that's scanning a
> string looking for and obtaining options and their values for some
> command previously scanned off the string, and I detect an error, I want
> to set an error code and exit right there. I don't want any subsequent
> maintainer to have to intuit that, in fact, from this point on nested
> 15-deep in else clauses, no more code is executed for that path through
> the function.
>
> That way I rarely get more than 3-deep in if/then/else. To me, it's all
> about readbility.

*grin* for me, it's all about comprehesibility. If you don't like how
deep you're nesting, maybe you need to break something out into a
function instead....

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		terminate a PHP script By: bob on Sat, 19 February 2011 21:56
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 19 February 2011 21:59
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Sun, 20 February 2011 00:38
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 20 February 2011 01:04
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: me on Sun, 20 February 2011 02:07
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Twayne on Thu, 24 February 2011 01:59
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Jerry Stuckle on Thu, 24 February 2011 04:04
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Thu, 24 February 2011 12:51
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Twayne on Thu, 24 February 2011 17:26
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Thu, 24 February 2011 17:51
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 20 February 2011 09:47
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: me on Sun, 20 February 2011 15:05
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: n00m on Mon, 21 February 2011 12:53
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 21 February 2011 13:08
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: n00m on Mon, 21 February 2011 16:51
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Denis McMahon on Mon, 21 February 2011 17:06
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: sheldonlg on Mon, 21 February 2011 17:23
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 22 February 2011 00:28
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: sheldonlg on Tue, 22 February 2011 00:52
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 22 February 2011 01:00
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 22 February 2011 01:46
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: sheldonlg on Tue, 22 February 2011 02:08
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 22 February 2011 03:55
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: sheldonlg on Tue, 22 February 2011 12:06
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Wed, 23 February 2011 08:18
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Tim Streater on Tue, 22 February 2011 17:18
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: sheldonlg on Tue, 22 February 2011 17:26
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Wed, 23 February 2011 08:21
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 21 February 2011 17:37
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: sheldonlg on Mon, 21 February 2011 17:53
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: n00m on Mon, 21 February 2011 18:01
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Peter H. Coffin on Mon, 21 February 2011 19:07
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Curtis Dyer on Tue, 22 February 2011 22:59
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Tim Streater on Mon, 21 February 2011 18:04
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: sheldonlg on Mon, 21 February 2011 18:32
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Tim Streater on Mon, 21 February 2011 18:50
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Peter H. Coffin on Mon, 21 February 2011 19:09
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Tim Streater on Mon, 21 February 2011 19:44
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 22 February 2011 01:16
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: n00m on Tue, 22 February 2011 01:28
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 22 February 2011 01:47
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: sheldonlg on Tue, 22 February 2011 02:10
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: n00m on Tue, 22 February 2011 02:45
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 22 February 2011 01:15
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: sheldonlg on Tue, 22 February 2011 01:53
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 22 February 2011 03:16
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Tim Streater on Tue, 22 February 2011 17:01
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: sheldonlg on Tue, 22 February 2011 17:05
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: sheldonlg on Tue, 22 February 2011 17:07
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Tim Streater on Tue, 22 February 2011 16:59
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Wed, 23 February 2011 08:19
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 22 February 2011 01:12
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Tim Streater on Tue, 22 February 2011 17:04
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: n00m on Mon, 21 February 2011 18:54
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 21 February 2011 19:39
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: sheldonlg on Mon, 21 February 2011 21:03
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: sheldonlg on Mon, 21 February 2011 21:06
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: n00m on Mon, 21 February 2011 21:46
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 22 February 2011 01:24
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: sheldonlg on Tue, 22 February 2011 02:04
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 22 February 2011 02:09
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 22 February 2011 03:38
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: sheldonlg on Tue, 22 February 2011 11:54
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Wed, 23 February 2011 08:15
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: sheldonlg on Wed, 23 February 2011 13:05
		Re: terminate a PHP script By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 22 February 2011 01:23
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