Req #76140 [NEW]: Allow multiple comparisons in expressions

From: valentiny510 at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows PHP version: 7.2.3 Package: Variables related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Allow multiple comparisons in expressions Description: ------------ Currently to compare if a variable have some (?:exact)? value we need to use arrays or enumerate a list of all values + the variable name itself, Ex: $a = true; if ($a === 'a' || $a === 'b' || $a === 'c') # etc... print 'true'; else print 'false'; IMHO will be very very handy if we can evaluate them all in a single expression like this: if ($a === ('a'||'b'||'c') # ... is much cleaner and easier to read and understand the whole sentence Test script: --------------- $a = 'a'; if ($a === ('a'||'b'||'c')) print 'true'; else print 'false'; Expected result: ---------------- true Actual result: -------------- false -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76140&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76140&r=mysqlcfg