if($var == (2 || 3))

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Several solutions have already been offered, so I'd just like to elaborate on why your attempt didn't work.

Actually, || is not a bitwise operator (as you say in the title), but a logical operator, treating the individual parts in their entirety as boolean values (true/false).  I.e., since both 2 and 3 are true, 2 || 3 is true as well, and that's what you're comparing $var against. More precisely, you're comparing $var to 2, because the first true value is "returned" as is.

The respective bitwise operator would be |, which combines the corresponding individual bits of the values, i.e. 2 | 3 == 3, or 0b10 | 0b11 == 0b11.  In other words, if($var == (2 | 3)) wouldn't work either for combining the tests the way you're thinking of, because if $var is 2, you'd compare it against 3, which is false, of course.

In reply to Re: comparison with bitwise operators by Anonyrnous Monk
in thread comparison with bitwise operators by alextor

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