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PHP

Taylor O'Reilly
Taylor O'Reilly
2,636 Points
Posted by Taylor O'Reilly
Taylor O'Reilly
2,636 Points

Is there a reason to repeat the setting of $section?

Instead of setting the $section variable in each 'if' statement, wouldn't this code be more appropriate for the "dry" methodology? 

if(isset($_GET["cat"])){

if($_GET["cat"] == "books"){
  $pageTitle = "Books";
} else if ($_GET["cat"] == "movies"){
  $pageTitle = "Movies";
} else if ($_GET["cat"] == "music"){
  $pageTitle = "Music";
} else {
  $pageTitle = $pageTitle;
}
  $section = $pageTitle; // if there is a $pageTitle set this will set $section
} else {
  $section = null; // if $pageTitle is not set $section goes to null
}

are there any draw backs to doing it this way?

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

Sounds good, but hard to say for sure since we can't see what you are replacing. It always helps if you give a link to the video.