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Fix #72491: Case can take objects and arrays

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Indeed, there are no restrictions on the type that a case expression evaluates to.
That's conforming to the PHP language specification:
<https://github.com/php/php-langspec/blob/PHP-5.6/spec/11-statements.md#the-switch-statement>

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Christoph Michael Becker 2016-06-25 11:20:17 +00:00
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@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ switch ($i) {
<literal>switch</literal> statement executes line by line
(actually, statement by statement). In the beginning, no code is
executed. Only when a <literal>case</literal> statement is found
with a value that matches the value of the
whose expression evaluates to a value that matches the value of the
<literal>switch</literal> expression does PHP begin to execute the
statements. PHP continues to execute the statements until the end
of the <literal>switch</literal> block, or the first time it sees
@ -196,12 +196,6 @@ switch ($i) {
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
</para>
<para>
The <literal>case</literal> expression may be any expression that
evaluates to a simple type, that is, <type>integer</type> or floating-point
numbers and <type>string</type>s. <type>Array</type>s or <type>object</type>s cannot be used here unless
they are dereferenced to a simple type.
</para>
<para>
The alternative syntax for control structures is supported with
switches. For more information, see <link