problem with switch action...

I'm taking my first stab at creating a PHP page.  I'm trying to put together
a php page where you can have index.php3?action=something  so I will be able
to concentrate my scripts into one file.  I have tried using the switch
function a shown below, and the if elseif else statement, also show below.
Whenever I run it on the server, it will throw line errors, and won't switch
the action variables value.  note: i've tried the cases with the switch
function with and without quotes.  Can anyone help me?

if (empty ($action))
    $action=home;

switch ($action)
{
case "home":
    search ();
    break;
case "admin":
    passprompt ();
    break;
case "newrecord":
    passprompt (newrecord);
    newrecord ();
    break;
case "deleterecord":
    passprompt (deleterecord);
    search ();
    break;
case "submitrecord":
    search ();
    break;
case "search":
    search ();
    break;
default:
    die ("Unknown action code ($action)");
}




if ($action=home) {
        print ("this is home\n");
    } elseif ($action=pagetwo) {
        print ("this page 2\n");
    } else {
        print ("unknown action code\n");
    }



Thanks

Colin Gray
chaunessy creative web solutions
[email protected]
www.chaunessy.com