arrays-for-conditions-cases.php

<?php
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// instead of if/else
if ( $status == 'processing' ) {
    return 'blue';
}
else if ( $status == 'success' ) {
    return 'green';
}
else if ( $status == 'failure' ) {
    return 'red';
}

// or switch/case
switch ( $status ) {
    case 'processing': return 'blue';
    case 'success': return 'green';
    case 'failure': return 'red';
}

// use array access
return [
    'processing' => 'blue',
    'success' => 'green',
    'failure' => 'red',
][ $status ];

// cleaner
$statuses = [
    'processing' => 'blue',
    'success' => 'green',
    'failure' => 'red',
];

return $statuses[ $status ];