In a nutshell: Will this work? if ($perm == (11 || 12)) Explanation: I am laying the groundwork for a photo viewing system with a private and public mode, and additionally if an admin is logged in, there is an additional level of permission. I came up with a number system to make it easier (and is calcualted by a class) so now, instead of checking against the $mode variable, if the user is logged in, and then what their user level is if they are logged in, I just check against some numbers (the class evaluates all those conditions and assigns the appropriate number a single permission variable, $perm.