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<p>I'm trying to look through a mysql stored state to see whether or not they match a condition my code is here:</p>

<pre><code>$stater = $this-&gt;state;
if ($stater == 'WA' OR 
$stater == 'BC' OR 
$stater == 'CA' OR
 $stater == 'NV' OR 
$stater == 'AZ' OR 
$stater == 'ID' OR 
$stater == 'OR' OR 
$stater == 'UT' OR 
$stater == 'MT' OR 
$stater == 'NM' OR 
$stater = 'wa' OR 
$stater = 'bc' OR 
$stater = 'CA' OR 
$stater = 'nv' OR 
$stater = 'az' OR 
$stater = 'id' OR 
$stater = 'or' OR 
$stater = 'ut' OR 
$stater = 'mt' OR 
$stater = 'nm'){               
                 $division = "West";
               }
           else{
           $division="";
               }
</code></pre>

<p>It is returning west no matter what :\ I tried changing the ='s to =='s I've tried separating each or into its own brackets ex if( ($stater='ca') || ($stater='nm')) etc but still nothing is working. Any help would be appreciated</p>
