Quick easy question on syntax

[Jeffro]

I can't seem to find this with a Google search because it's hard to find relevant info on a search where the primary topic is "or"... so I apologize for what is probably a pretty simple and easy question, but here goes...

 

Is there a really easy way to code,

 

If ($variable = "condition1" or "condition2" or "condition3" or "condition4" or "condition5") {
do this;
}

....or does this have to be written out as an If else? 

 

Thanks. 

[Alex]

Well, first off you'd need to use the comparison operator, == (not =).

 

Unfortunately you can't do exactly what you're proposing in PHP, you would have to do:

 

if($var == 'something' || $var == 'something else' || ..)

 

If you have a lot of possible values, alternatively, you could put them in an array and use in_array:

 

$possible_values = array('something', 'something else', 'something else else');
if(in_array($var, $possible_values)) {
    // ...
}

[Jeffro]

Exactly what I needed.  Big help.

 

Thank you!