Best way to program an "OR" condition?

[james0816]

What is the best way to do this? I have a list of 10 conditions and currently looking for three of them.

if $a=1, 2 or 3

thx

 

[trollacious]

If you're checking the same variable for different values, use a switch statement with the possible values you're looking for. That will save you a LOT of typing of if.... else if statements.

Lee

 

[james0816]

very nice...ty

 

[jpadie]

but to answer your specific question

$a=3;
if ($a === 3 || $a === 2 || $a === 1){
 //do something
}

an alternative might be

$test1 = array (1, 2, 3);
$test2 = array (4, 5, 6);
if (in_array($a, $test1)) {
 //do something
elseif (in_array($a, $test2)) {
 // do something else
} else {
 //whatever
}

as trollacious said, using switch statements can be neat too

$a=2;
switch ($a){
  case 1:
  case 2:
  case 3:
   //do something
   break;
  case 4:
  case 5:
  case 6:
   //do something else
   break;
  default:
   //whatever
}