Should I use nested if .. else statements for a series of less than comparisons in PHP
<p>I need to do a series of comparisons with an integer in PHP, returning a different string depending on the result and I am wondering if an if..else block is the most elegant method. The code looks like:</p>

<pre><code>if( $total &lt; 10000 ) {
  return 'string A';
} elseif( $total &lt; 20000 ) {
  return 'string B';
} elseif( $total &lt; 30000 ) {
  return 'string C';
} elseif( $total &lt; 40000 ) {
  return 'string D';
} elseif( $total &lt; 50000 ) {
  return 'string E';
}
</code></pre>

<p>Which works, I just don't think it's very pretty. If I was doing equality checks then I would use a switch block.</p>
