[5.5] If applied this commit adds the blade directive for the Switch statement

[introwit]

• Contributors, since this has not been added till now I think there might be a valid reason for that which I am not aware of, so feel free to close this PR :)
• Reason for doing it: To practice making a core contribution(as this is my first time) and giving back to the amazing Laravel community what I can.

How to use:

@switch($i)

    @case(1)
    <p>Case 1</p>
    @break

    @case(2)
    <p>Case 2</p>
    @break

    @default
    <p>Default</p>

@endswitch

[Faks]

good news i like it will come handy.

[josephzidell]

Does this support double cases?

@switch
    @case(1)
    @case(2)
           <someDiv />
    @case(3)
           <anotherDiv />
    @break
@endswitch

[introwit]

@josephzidell yes it does.

[nunomaduro]

That is really helpful. Thanks!

[introwit]

@nunomaduro cheers :) Thank you too for laravel zero Nuno ❤️

[ilmoralito]

Remarkable thanks community

[danharper]

This'll break with multiple switch statements in a file, right? It'll print <?php switch($x): <?php case....

Can the firstCaseInSwitch be removed and have compileSwitch just close the ?>?

[introwit]

@danharper Implemented the firstCaseInSwitch because of the following as worded in the PHP docs:

Warning
Any output (including whitespace) between a switch statement and the first case will result in a syntax error

Trying to fix the issue you just found out about multiple switch statements in a file, any help or suggestions?

[mrk-j]

I also noticed this and submitted a PR already: #19760. I should have mentioned that here.

[OwenMelbz]

Nice PR, but has made me think at what point do we just start writing vanilla php in these templates? Wondering that it seems a like we're creating our own language subset that's less flexible?

[bitfumes]

This is nice addition to Laravel 5.5, here is how it works on Laravel 5.5 https://goo.gl/3L4D52