How about a case-swtich? http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.switch.php Ethan Schroeder ----- Original Message ----- From: "DRN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 4:40 PM Subject: [PHP] check if a variable is in a number of states. > Hi, I would like to check whether a variable, $type, is equal to a > number of different possible states. I know I could use > if ( $type == "abc" || $type == "bcd") { $a = b } > but this would get a bit clumsy if I had to check whether it is say > one of 20 different things. > > What I was wondering is, is there a better way of doing this? I will > occasionally need to add another option as well, although I don't mind > a simple code edit. > > > Cheers for your help, Donald > __________________________________________ > As well as learning more, > I learn that there is even more I don't know > > http://www.donaldrnoble.f2s.com > ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
