[UPHPU] Help me simplify this bit of code please?

[William Attwood]

$servies_year = substr($series,0,2);
$servies_year = substr($series,2,2);

something along those lines may work.

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Ash <ashovi at qwest.net> wrote:

> switch ($series)
>                {
>                case 'FF12':
>                        $series_year = "12";
>                        $series_description = "/FF";
>                break;
>
>                case 'FF13':
>                        $series_year = "13";
>                        $series_description = "/FF";
>                break;
>
>                case 'FF14':
>                        $series_year = "14";
>                        $series_description = "/FF";
>                break;
>
>                case 'FF15':
>                        $series_year = "15";
>                        $series_description = "/FF";
>                break;
>
>                case 'FF16':
>                        $series_year = "16";
>                        $series_description = "/FF";
>                break;
>
>                case 'FF17':
>                        $series_year = "17";
>                        $series_description = "/FF";
>                break;
> etc,
>
> Is there a way to just have it read the series and then make $series_year
> and $series_description equal what it is supposed to?
>
> Ash
>
>
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