---
title: "Conditional callbacks — Enums for Laravel | Roundly"
description: "whenIs(), whenIsNot(), whenIsIn() and whenIsNotIn() run a callback only when the condition matches, with an optional default."
url: https://roundly-consulting.com/open-source/docs/enums-for-laravel/conditional-callbacks
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---

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# Conditional callbacks

The whenIs\* methods run a callback only when the condition matches, with an optional default callback otherwise. Each returns the same case, so calls chain:

```php
NewsCategory::HotNews
    ->whenIs(NewsCategory::HotNews, fn ($enum) => activate($enum))
    ->whenIsNot(NewsCategory::PrivateNews, fn ($enum) => publish($enum));

NewsCategory::HotNews->whenIsIn(
    [NewsCategory::HotNews, NewsCategory::RegularNews],
    fn ($enum) => notifySubscribers($enum),
    fn ($enum) => archive($enum), // runs when the condition is false
);

NewsCategory::HotNews->whenIsNotIn(
    [NewsCategory::PrivateNews],
    fn ($enum) => index($enum),
);
```

## Signatures

```php
whenIs(self $enum, Closure $callback, ?Closure $default = null): self
whenIsNot(self $enum, Closure $callback, ?Closure $default = null): self
whenIsIn(array $enums, Closure $callback, ?Closure $default = null): self
whenIsNotIn(array $enums, Closure $callback, ?Closure $default = null): self
```

- The callback receives the case; its return value is ignored.
- The optional $default runs only when the condition is false; without it, a non-match is a no-op.
- Callbacks are typed as Closure — arrow functions, closures or first-class callables such as $this->notify(...).
- Every method returns the case itself, so chaining never changes the value you started with.

## In a service

First-class callables keep branching logic in named methods:

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

final class ArticlePublisher
{
    public function handle(Article $article): void
    {
        $article->category
            ->whenIs(NewsCategory::HotNews, $this->pin(...))
            ->whenIsNotIn(
                [NewsCategory::PrivateNews],
                $this->announce(...),
                $this->keepInternal(...),
            );
    }

    private function pin(NewsCategory $category): void { /* ... */ }

    private function announce(NewsCategory $category): void { /* ... */ }

    private function keepInternal(NewsCategory $category): void { /* ... */ }
}
```

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