Exclusion Order Status

Question

i am getting order from magento using this query which is fine

$orders = Mage::getModel('sales/order')->getCollection()
    ->addAttributeToFilter('created_at', array('from'=>$fromDate, 'to'=>$toDate));

currently i am getting order for all status but i want skip those ordres which oreder status is Exclusions :

Order with any of the following status :

Cancelled
On Hold
Complete
Closed
Payment Review
PayPal Cancelled Reversal
PayPal Reversed
Pending
Pending Payment
Pending PayPal

how i acheive by query

Answer 1

$skipStatuses = array(list all your status codes you want to skip here)
$orders = Mage::getModel('sales/order')->getCollection()
    ->addAttributeToFilter('created_at', array('from'=>$fromDate, 'to'=>$toDate))
    ->addAttributeToFilter('status', array('nin' => $skipStatuses));