When someone discovers type casting exists but their brain refuses to accept it. Instead of using a simple intval() or (int), this developer decided to manually map every possible string value to its integer equivalent. It's like reinventing the wheel, except the wheel is square and made of sadness.
Best part? They're pulling from $_POST, so they're probably expecting user input. Can't wait to see what happens when someone enters "90" or literally any value not in their hardcoded if-statement pyramid. Spoiler: $transamount stays undefined and the app explodes.
This is what happens when you learn programming from a 2003 PHP tutorial and never question anything.
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