Am I not doing the "or" correctly?

[amidigital]

<?php if ( $name == Cummins || Freightliner) {
    echo 'Trucks';
    } elseif ( $name == Ford || Honda){
    echo 'cars';
    }
    ?>

Thanks

[Alen]

$name = 'Cummins';
// $name = 'Freightliner';
// $name = 'Ford';
// $name = 'Honda';

if ( $name == 'Cummins' || $name = 'Freightliner') {
  echo 'Truck!';
} elseif ( $name == 'Ford' || $name == 'Honda' ) {
    echo 'Cars!';
  }

// Another way is to use arrays to hold data,
// then you can just check if value is present

$trucks = array('Cummins', 'Freightliner');
$cars = array('Ford', 'Honda');

// in_array( 'term', $array  )

if ( in_array('Cummins', $trucks) ) {
  echo 'Trucks!';
}

if ( in_array('Ford', $cars) ) {
  echo 'Cars!';
}

[amidigital]

Perfect thanks!

[__]

if ( $name == 'Cummins' || $name = 'Freightliner')

correction (typo?): should be double equals (==) on both.

[amidigital]

if ( in_array('Cummins', $trucks) ) {
  echo 'Trucks!';
}

Isn’t it redundant to have Cummins and $trucks since Cummins is a truck. Why can’t you just do…

if ( in_array($trucks) ) {
  echo 'Trucks!';
}

[connorblikre]

The first parameter of “in_array” is the value you’re checking for in the array, which is the second parameter. Without the first value, the function wouldn’t know what it’s looking for.

[__]

Why can’t you just do…

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