Possibility to use where for where in clause with tests

[evsign]

Just a way to use where for building where in sql clause)
How to use:

$builder->where('id', [1,2,3]);
$builder->where('id', 'in', [1,2,3]);
$builder->where('id', '=', [1,2,3]);

All of these callings will be transformed in select * from table where "id" in (?, ?, ?)

[taylorotwell]

Prefer people just explicitly call whereIn.

[evsign]

@taylorotwell I too, but i thought its not about what we prefer, but about what people could use) I thought only about ease of use and intuitively behavior for people, and this not forcing using one method against another.
Thanks)

[crynobone]

I thought only about ease of use and intuitively behavior for people, and this not forcing using one method against another.

User::where('id', '!=', [1, 2, 3])->get();

Intuitively, you would expect this to output SELECT * FROMusersWHERE id NOT IN (1, 2, 3), but this PR make it output SELECT * FROMusersWHERE id IN (1, 2, 3).

What happen when you use <, >, >=, or <=? Simply parsing it as WHERE id IN (1, 2, 3) would be confusing for many people, as this would be an unexpected behaviour.

[evsign]

@crynobone Thanks. I reworked this issue and now:

$builder->where('id', [1,2,3]);
$builder->where('id', 'in', [1,2,3]);
$builder->where('id', '=', [1,2,3]);

will produce select * from table where "id" in (?, ?, ?)
and

$builder->where('id', '!=', [1,2,3]);
$builder->where('id', 'not in', [1,2,3]);

will produce select * from table where "id" not in (?, ?, ?)

All another callings will be with default behavior.

@taylorotwell may i send pr again with fixes for this feature? or this already not under consideration?)