[RESOLVED] Short-hand for IF($var == "value" || $var == "value2")

[kierhon]

I'm curious if there's a shorter way of writing this.. i've come across situations like this a few times where i don't know what best practice is or if there's a quicker way..

if($page=="home" || $page=="about" || $page=="contact" || $page=="course" || $page=="enroll" || $page=="login") { 

Basically it's just checking to see what page it is.. perhaps it would be faster to do with a switch statement. I'm sure a well-polished PHP developer can tell me Thanks!

[scragar]

Use switch(code is much faster).

switch($page){
case "home":
case "about":
case "contact":
case "course":
case "enroll":
case "login":
  ///......
break;
default:
 // else stuff here :p
break;
} 

[Mindzai]

I tend to do something like:

$check = array('home', 'about', 'contact', 'course', 'enroll', 'login');
if (in_array($page, $check)) {
//...
} 

Useful if your list of pages is already in an array, or if you need to use them later for something else too.

[kierhon]

I think i'm gonna have to go with the in_array! Woot! I love learning new ways to speed up coding. Thank you much!