Assigned variable empty outside of switch statement PHP -

public function store($feed)      {         switch($feed)         {             case 'full':                 $coupons = json_decode(file_get_contents('path-to-json-feed'), true);                 break;             case 'incremental':                 $coupons = json_decode(file_get_contents('path-to-different-json-feed'), true);                 break;          }         var_dump($coupons);die();         $this->deal_model->updatealldeals($coupons);         echo 'coupons updated';          } 

i trying assign value $coupons var_dump($coupons) returns empty array.

i'd suggest add default, in case $feed other full or incremental.

if actual code, not sure if there file called path-to-json-feed, seems should else, actual path json file/feed.

replace path-to-json-feed actual file, , try below code , see get.

public function store($feed)  {     switch($feed)     {         case 'full':             $coupons = json_decode(file_get_contents('path-to-json-feed'), true);             break;         case 'incremental':             $coupons = json_decode(file_get_contents('path-to-json-feed'), true);             break;         default:             $coupons = json_decode(file_get_contents('path-to-json-feed'), true);             break;      }     var_dump($coupons);     die(); // debugging     $this->deal_model->updatealldeals($coupons);     echo 'coupons updated';      }