rspec/rules/S1821/php/rule.adoc

Nested `+switch+` structures are difficult to understand because you can easily confuse the cases of an inner `+switch+` as belonging to an outer statement. Therefore nested `+switch+` statements should be avoided.

Specifically, you should structure your code to avoid the need for nested `+switch+` statements, but if you cannot, then consider moving the inner `+switch+` to another function.

== Noncompliant Code Example

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switch($a) {
  case "foo":
    switch($b) { // Noncompliant
      case "bar":
        doSomething();
      break;
    }
  break;
}
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== Compliant Solution

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function handleFoo($foo) {
  switch($foo) {
    case "bar":
      doSomething();
    break;
  }
}

switch($a) {
  case "foo":
    handleFoo($b);
  break;
}
----