#48267 [NEW]: new "in" keyword as an alias of array_search

From: zyss at mail dot zp dot ua Operating system: Irrelevant PHP version: 5.2.9 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: new "in" keyword as an alias of array_search Description: ------------ Please add new keyword "in" to improve readability of a PHP code that is an inline alias to array_search function. For example: if (array_search($item, $array)) { ... } would be: if ($item in $array) { ... } Another example: if (array_search($item, array('first', 'second', 'third'))) { ... } would be: if ($item in array('first', 'second', 'third')) { ... } or ideally: if ($item in {'first', 'second', 'third'}) { ... } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48267&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48267&r=mysqlcfg