Leverage PHP 8's Match Expression for Cleaner Conditionals

The match expression in PHP 8 provides a more powerful and expressive alternative to switch statements. It's especially useful for simple conditional returns.

$statusCode = 404;

$message = match ($statusCode) {
    200, 300 => 'Success',
    400 => 'Bad request',
    404 => 'Not found',
    500 => 'Server error',
    default => 'Unknown status code',
};

echo $message; // Outputs: Not found

match expressions are more concise than switch statements, don't fall through, and return a value directly.