if ($name == x OR y)

[scraptoft]

This is probably really simple but it's just flying right over my head. I'd appreciate if someone could give me a hand.

How can I achieve: if ($name == dave OR andy) {echo "Hello";}

[mooger35]

if ($name == "dave" ¦¦ $name == "andy") {echo "Hello";}

edit: remember to retype ¦¦ as this forum breaks the pipes.

or use:

if ($name == "dave" OR $name == "andy") {echo "Hello";}

[scraptoft]

Thanks very much mooger, saved me loads of time.

Regards

[FourDegreez]

You could create a function that checks whether a value is within an array, for example:

function in($value, $list) {
    for ($i = 0; $i < count($list); $i++) {
        if ($value == $list[$i])
            return true;
    }
    return false;
}

This can come in handy.

[edited by: FourDegreez at 2:50 am (utc) on Oct. 16, 2007]

[eelixduppy]

There is a function built for this already: in_array [php.net] :)