// simplest way
if ($status <= 1) {
// do something
}
// could also have use
if ($status <= 1) {
// do something
} elseif ($status == 2 or $status == 3) {
// do something else
}
// or use a switch statement
switch $status {
case 0:
case 1:
// do something
break;
case 2:
// do something else
break;
case 3:
// do another thing
break;
default:
// do the default thing
}