Continue along a path of 'elseif' in PHP, even if past-condition is met?

I am trying to create a "add to string if condition" is met function, here's my actual code:

if ( ! function_exists( '_s_posted_on' ) ) :

    function _s_posted_on( $params = array() ) {

        $output = 's'; /** Holds the string of the code output by the arguments. */

        if ( in_array('time', $params) ) : /** Begin main loop */
            /**
            Show the time of the post
            */

            $time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time>';

            $time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
                esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
                esc_html( get_the_date() ),
                esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
                esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
            );

            $posted_on = sprintf(
                /* translators: %s: post date. */
                esc_html_x( 'Posted on %s', 'post date', '_s' ),
                '<a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" rel="bookmark">' . $time_string . '</a>'
            );

            $output .= '<span class="posted-on">' . $posted_on . '</span>';

        elseif ( in_array('author', $params) ) :
            /**
            Show the post's author
            */

            $author = sprintf(
            /* translators: %s: post author. */
                esc_html_x( 'by %s', 'post author', '_s' ),
                '<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="' . esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ) . '">' . esc_html( get_the_author() ) . '</a></span>'
            );

            $output .= '<span class="author"> ' . $author . '</span>';

        elseif ( in_array('category', $params) ) :
            /**
            Show the post's category.
            */

            $categories = (array) wp_get_post_terms( get_the_ID(), 'category' );

            $category_string = sprintf (
                esc_html_x( 'in %s', 'post_category', '_s' ),
                '<a class="category">' . $categories[0] -> name . '</a>'
            );

            $output .= '<span class="category">' . $category_string . '</span>';

        else :
            $output = 'No info about the post!';

        endif; /** End main loop */
        echo '<div class="post-meta-info"' . $output . '</div>';
    }
endif;

Calling _s_posted_on('time', 'category'); only outputs the code from time, yet it should output the code from timeand category since both conditions are met.

The pseudo-code looks like this:

if (string_exists_in_params($string, $params)):
    add_to_my_string --> $string2;
elseif (string_exists_in_params($string1, $params)):
    add_to_string --> $string1;
elseif (string_exists_in_params($string2, $params)):
    add_to_string --> $string2;

The problem is that the loop breaks every-time it hits a condition, so say I'd call my function _s_posted_on with $string1, $string2, my output should be the results of $string1 and $string2 but unfortunately, it stops at $string1 and doesn't go further to check for $string2.

In short, I'm trying to add to a string, based on some conditions, where 2 conditions can be present, but the loop stops at the first condition met and breaks.