in/not in as strings

src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.php

@@ -616,6 +616,17 @@ public function where($column, $operator = null, $value = null, $boolean = 'and'
             return $this->whereNested($column, $boolean);
         }
 
+        // If the operator is a literal string 'in' or 'not in', we will assume
+        // the developer wants to use the corresponding 'in' or 'not in' SQL
+        // operators. We will simply proxy to the query builder methods.
+        if ($operator == 'in') {
+            return $this->whereIn($column, $value, $boolean);
+        }
+
+        if ($operator == 'not in') {
+            return $this->whereNotIn($column, $value, $boolean);
+        }
+
         // If the given operator is not found in the list of valid operators we will
         // assume that the developer is just short-cutting the '=' operators and
         // we will set the operators to '=' and set the values appropriately.

tests/Database/DatabaseQueryBuilderTest.php

@@ -644,6 +644,11 @@ public function testBasicWhereIns()
         $this->assertEquals('select * from "users" where "id" in (?, ?, ?)', $builder->toSql());
         $this->assertEquals([0 => 1, 1 => 2, 2 => 3], $builder->getBindings());
 
+        $builder = $this->getBuilder();
+        $builder->select('*')->from('users')->where('id', 'in', [1, 2, 3]);
+        $this->assertEquals('select * from "users" where "id" in (?, ?, ?)', $builder->toSql());
+        $this->assertEquals([0 => 1, 1 => 2, 2 => 3], $builder->getBindings());
+
         $builder = $this->getBuilder();
         $builder->select('*')->from('users')->where('id', '=', 1)->orWhereIn('id', [1, 2, 3]);
         $this->assertEquals('select * from "users" where "id" = ? or "id" in (?, ?, ?)', $builder->toSql());
@@ -657,6 +662,11 @@ public function testBasicWhereNotIns()
         $this->assertEquals('select * from "users" where "id" not in (?, ?, ?)', $builder->toSql());
         $this->assertEquals([0 => 1, 1 => 2, 2 => 3], $builder->getBindings());
 
+        $builder = $this->getBuilder();
+        $builder->select('*')->from('users')->where('id', 'not in', [1, 2, 3]);
+        $this->assertEquals('select * from "users" where "id" not in (?, ?, ?)', $builder->toSql());
+        $this->assertEquals([0 => 1, 1 => 2, 2 => 3], $builder->getBindings());
+
         $builder = $this->getBuilder();
         $builder->select('*')->from('users')->where('id', '=', 1)->orWhereNotIn('id', [1, 2, 3]);
         $this->assertEquals('select * from "users" where "id" = ? or "id" not in (?, ?, ?)', $builder->toSql());