The proper way to write this?

brianb

Hey people,

What's the proper way to write this?

if ( $state == ('CA', 'CO', 'FL', 'ID', 'IL', 'IN', 'IA', 'MI', 'MN', 'MO', 'NM', 'ND', 'OR', 'RI', 'SD', 'TN', 'UT', 'VT', 'VA', 'WA', 'WI', 'WY') );

Thanks for the help in advance!

philipolson

By using an array and in_array.

$good = array('a','b','c');
if (in_array($something, $good)) {

}

monAmour

Originally posted by brianb
Hey people,

What's the proper way to write this?

if ( $state == ('CA', 'CO', 'FL', 'ID', 'IL', 'IN', 'IA', 'MI', 'MN', 'MO', 'NM', 'ND', 'OR', 'RI', 'SD', 'TN', 'UT', 'VT', 'VA', 'WA', 'WI', 'WY') );

Thanks for the help in advance!

As far as I know you have to use "OR"

if (($state=="CA") OR ($state=="CO") OR ($state=="FL"))

stovellp

There may be an easier way, but you could do:
if (
$state == 'CA' ||
$state == 'CO' ||
..etc

)

Or, you could use a switch statement if php supports it (I'm not sure, im a C++ programmer myself and I'm just learning php), as I expect it will.

~ Paul

brianb

The first poster's solution worked like a charm!

Thanks guys!