Need very basic if-statement syntax help

[blitchre]

I have a variable, $h, that contains the hour (in military time) that an entry was posted. I'd like to echo a user-friendly time-of-day label depending on the value of $h. (For example, if $h is 13 -- ie, the post was entered in the 1 PM hour -- I'd like it to print "Early afternoon".) So I basically need to set up a series of if statements. This is what seems logical to me...

if ($h = 0) { $x = "The midnight hour";}
elseif (1 <= $h <= 4) { $x = "Wee morning hours"; }
elseif (5 <= $h <= 7) { $x = "Early morning"; }
elseif (8 <= $h <= 10) { $x = "Mid-morning"; }
elseif ($h = 11) { $x = "Late morning"; }
elseif ($h = 12) { $x = "Lunchtime"; }
elseif (13 <= $h <= 14) { $x = "Early afternoon";}
elseif ($h = 15) { $x = "Mid-afternoon";}

echo $x; 

(Obviously there will be more, as I stopped at 3 PM, but until I get it to work, this is the basic idea.) The above code produces this error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_IS_SMALLER_OR_EQUAL in /home/hsphere/local/home/blitchre/journal.gobecky.com/index.php on line 86

which indicates to me that I just don't have the syntax right. Can someone set me straight?

[markl999]

I'd use a switch instead:

switch($h) {
    case ($h == 0):
        $x = 'The Midnight hour';
        break;
    case ($h <= 4):
        $x = 'Wee morning hours';
        break;
    case ($h <= 7):
        $x = 'Early morning';
        break;
    case ($h <=10):
        $x = 'Mid-morning';
        break;
    case ($h == 11):
        $x = 'Late morning';
        break;
    case ($h == 12):
        $x = 'Lunchtime';
        break;
    case ($h <= 14):
        $x = 'Early afternoon';
        break;
    case ($h == 15):
        $x = 'Mid-afternoon';
        break;
    default:
        $x = 'Some Other Time';
        break;
} 

[arborint]

You can't do (1 < $value < 10). Also you don't need to check the range because each successive check eliminates the lower values.

if ($h = 0) { $x = "The midnight hour";}
elseif ($h < 5) { $x = "Wee morning hours"; }
elseif ($h < 8) { $x = "Early morning"; }
elseif ($h < 11) { $x = "Mid-morning"; }
elseif ($h = 11) { $x = "Late morning"; }
elseif ($h = 12) { $x = "Lunchtime"; }
elseif ($h < 5) { $x = "Early afternoon";}
elseif ($h = 15) { $x = "Mid-afternoon";}

// or 

$x[0] = "The midnight hour";
$x[1] = "Wee morning hours";
$x[2] = $x[1];
$x[3] = $x[1];
$x[4] = "Early morning";

echo $x[$h]; 

[blitchre]

Thanks -- both of these solutions make sense and jog my memory. I appreciate it!