PHP Translating a ENUM in switch case not working

Question

        echo $state;  //debug
        switch($state){
            case "Sleeping":
                $label = "Is Sleeping";
            case "Running":
                $label = "Is Running";
            default: 
                $label = "Could not retrieve state";
        }

$state is filled from an SQL database (Enum type), the echo message prints "Sleeping", but the $label is filled with the default value

Answer 1

PHP switch statements continue executing the remainder of the switch block after finding a match, until it finds a break; statement. You'll want to add break; to the end of each case:

        echo $state;  //debug
        switch($state){
            case "Sleeping":
                $label = "Is Sleeping";
                break;
            case "Running":
                $label = "Is Running";
                break;
            default: 
                $label = "Could not retrieve state";
        }

Answer 2

In your case choose match ( PHP 8 ) expression is significantly shorter and it doesn't require a break statement.

$state = "Running";
$label = match ($state) {
    "Sleeping"=> "Is Sleeping",
    "Running" => "Is Running",
    default => "Could not retrieve state"
};
echo $label; // "Is Running"

Answer 3

For completeness:

$states = [
    'Sleeping' => 'Is Sleeping',
    'Running' => 'Is Running',
];
echo $states[$state] ?? 'Could not retrieve state';