Hey guys
i jst wanna ask about how to put categories in php in such a that i write a function that will take a specific surname as a parameter and check in which category of letters it falls to and return the name of the person
e.g muller
category: M-o
Jump to Postfunction get_category($name) { // get the first letter of the name passed in. $first_letter = substr($name,0,1); // normalize it, in this case lets make them all lowercase. $lowercase = strtolower($first_letter); // I was going to make an array of categories, but this will do the job... $category …
function get_category($name) {
// get the first letter of the name passed in.
$first_letter = substr($name,0,1);
// normalize it, in this case lets make them all lowercase.
$lowercase = strtolower($first_letter);
// I was going to make an array of categories, but this will do the job...
$category = '';
if ($lowercase == 'a' || $lowercase == 'b' || lowercase == 'c') {
$category = "A-C";
} else if ($lowercase == 'd' || $lowercase == 'e' || lowercase == 'f') {
$category = "D-F";
} else if ($lowercase == 'g' || $lowercase == 'h' || lowercase == 'i') {
$category = "G-I";
// continue on with your else if statements until all of your categories are defined.
} else {
$category = "Undefined";
}
return $category;
}// oops...
all of the 'lowercase' should be $lowercaseWe're a friendly, industry-focused community of developers, IT pros, digital marketers, and technology enthusiasts meeting, networking, learning, and sharing knowledge.