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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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