Is there a more compact way to do this?

[jennides]

Hi All,

Is there a more efficient way to write the following code?

if (($x != $a) && ($x!= $b) && ($x != $c) && ($x != $d)) {

do something

}

Thanks

[rharter]

if (! in_array($x,array('a','b','c')){
do something;
}

[rontgoff]

why not just keep it the way you have it?