---
title: "Equality checks — Enums for Laravel | Roundly"
description: "is(), isNot(), isIn() and isNotIn() compare cases by identity — readable conditions without manual === chains."
url: https://roundly-consulting.com/open-source/docs/enums-for-laravel/comparisons
language: en
---

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# Equality checks

Compare a case against one or several others in readable code:

```php
$category = NewsCategory::HotNews;

$category->is(NewsCategory::HotNews);    // true
$category->isNot(NewsCategory::HotNews); // false

$category->isIn([NewsCategory::HotNews, NewsCategory::RegularNews]);        // true
$category->isNotIn([NewsCategory::RegularNews, NewsCategory::PrivateNews]); // true
```

Comparisons are identity checks (===). is() and isNot() are typed to the enum itself, and isIn() / isNotIn() take a list of cases — an array of raw values never matches. Resolve raw input to a case first with from(), tryFromName() or tryFromLabel():

```php
$category->isIn(['hot-news']);                       // false — raw values never match
$category->isIn([NewsCategory::from('hot-news')]);   // true
```

## In practice

Filter a collection of models by category:

```php
$public = [NewsCategory::HotNews, NewsCategory::RegularNews];

$articles = Article::query()->latest()->get()
    ->filter(fn (Article $article): bool => $article->category->isIn($public));
```

Or keep a policy readable:

```php
use App\Enums\NewsCategory;
use App\Models\Article;
use App\Models\User;

final class ArticlePolicy
{
    public function view(?User $user, Article $article): bool
    {
        return $user !== null || $article->category->isNot(NewsCategory::PrivateNews);
    }
}
```

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