PHP :: Request #21119 :: Modified Control Structures

Request #21119	Modified Control Structures
Submitted:	2002-12-20 13:01 UTC	Modified:	2002-12-20 13:04 UTC
From:	ericf at micgi dot com	Assigned:
Status:	Closed	Package:	Feature/Change Request
PHP Version:	4.2.3	OS:	NA
Private report:	No	CVE-ID:	None

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[2002-12-20 13:01 UTC] ericf at micgi dot com

Here's a suggestion that we(local developers in Carbondale,IL) all feel would improve usability of the control structures in PHP.

What if in this statement...
  if (($x == 'cats') && ($x == 'dogs') && ($x == 'birds')) {
we instead could say...
  if ($x IN 'cats','dogs','birds') {

This would reduce typing and allow you to compare lists(arrays) in your conditional statements without using array functions.

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[2002-12-20 13:04 UTC] derick@php.net

if (in_array($x, array ('cats', 'dogs', 'birds))) {

should be as useful as introducing a new construct.

Derick

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