Multiple IR Senor Coding Issue

Hello,

I am having an issue with multiple IR sensors. I'm talking about the ones that look like this:

I am building a robot where I need to check whether there is something in the way. I will have one sensor on each side, therefore having 4 sensors. How would I do that? Would I make a whole bunch of If statements or is there an simpler way?

Thanks,
Prem

You need a structure something like this one (but with appropriate timings), or better still in my opinion, a task manager such as this