Does PHP have something similar to IN?

[mp96brbj]

I like the "IN" function in SQL:
select * from table where id IN(1,3,4,7);

I was wondering if PHP has a similar, compact, way to ask if a variable is any of several values?
I don't like the "switch" syntax. Can never memorize it... ^_;

[neuromancer]

No, I really like the IN syntax too, here is the hard way to do it.

function IN($what,$array) {
for($i=0;$i<count($array);$i++) {
if($what == $array[$i]) {
return(1);
}
return(0);
}

if(IN('a',array('a','b','c'))) {
print("in\n");
}

[trellie]

hmm... there's also a php function that does that... in_array() 🙂

but what if it's not an array you're searching?

then use strstr()

[neuromancer]

yeah, i knew that. its early

[mp96brbj]

smiles
Yes, I suppose in_array is the closest thing. Thanks for your help.