lots of IF Statements for building a page

[jackdack]

I'm using if/then statements to build a good portion of my page(s). I actually want to use IF statemetns for the navigation menu i.e. if $cat1 then display cat1 menu links, if $cat2 then dispaly cat2 menu links etc.
I don't know much PHP, is there anything wrong conceptually with what i'm describing? is there any limit to how many IF Statements can go on a page? I think technically it will work I just wonder if I'm creating a problem using so many IF statements...
Thanks

[jackdack]

I should have said lots of SWITCH statements...
thanks

[eelixduppy]

Hello

I don't see anything wrong with using a lot of if statements in your code, but, you should try to find an alternative way of doing something before you go crazy. This depends, however, on what you are trying to accomlish. An example of this would be creating a decoder. Instead of doing an if statement for each possible character conversion, you can use arrays to your advantage.

Good luck!

eelix

[jackdack]

nothing too complex, just switching content in/out depending on page variables. i don't know much php so right now my options are limited, i was just checking I wasn't creating a problem but it sounds like it's OK, thanks

[mcavic]

Technically, there's no limit, but it'll quickly get hard to manage.

[jackdack]

thanks mcavic