> Or is there a better way to check multiple options against an enum inside your select statement?
IN
for example: orderstatus IN ( 'Cancelled', 'New', 'Denied', 'Expired')
However this is not exactly what you are doing. You want different orderdate > $yesterday depending on the orderstatus. A better way might be:
$sql = "SELECT orderid
FROM ORDERS_TABLE
WHERE orderstatus = 'Cancelled'
OR ( orderstatus IN ('New', 'Denied', 'Expired') AND orderdate < '".mysqli_real_escape_string($yesterday)."')"
> Reason I am doing this is to avoid having to do...
>
> $sql = "SELECT orderid
> FROM ORDERS_TABLE
> WHERE orderstatus = 'Cancelled' OR (orderstatus = 'New' AND orderdate < '".mysqli_real_escape_string($yesterday)."') OR (orderstatus = 'Denied' AND orderdate < '".mysqli_real_escape_string($yesterday)."') OR (orderstatus = 'Expired' AND orderdate < '".mysqli_real_escape_string($yesterday)."') ... etc";
>
> TIA,
>
> Karl DeSaulniers
> Design Drumm
> http://designdrumm.com
