title: EASY! But which conditional statement works
body: <p>Simple but this has always bothered me. Which is the best way to condition statement?</p>
  
  <pre><code>$foo = '1';
  
  if($foo === '1' || $foo === '2' || $foo === '3')
  {
  // foo matches 
  }
  
  or 
  
  if($foo === '1' || '2' || '3')
  {
  // foo matches
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Which step works and is better. is there a better solution?</p>