if $variable !=('term1','term2','term3')

if ($variable != 'term1' OR $variable != 'term2' OR $variable != 'term3') {
    // 
}

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if ($variable != 'term1' || $variable != 'term2' || $variable != 'term3') {
    //
}

|| is or
&& is and

i have 100 terms
can I do a list or array

$array = array(
    'term1',
    'term2',
);

if (! in_array($variable, $array)) {
    //
}

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$a = array('1.10', 12.4, 1.13);

if (in_array('12.4', $a, true)) {
    echo "'12.4' found with strict check\n";
}


http://php.net/manual/en/function.in-array.php

will go with enachemc, +1 for this...

is there a way to do a for loop

because I would have to repeat myself in the if...

thanks