$blah = ($foo) ? $bar : $help

[conker87]

I've been looking into this alternative way of doing if statements.

 

I'm still a little confused as to how and where I can use it. For instance, can I use it like this:

 

echo ($foo) ? "bar" : "not bar";

Or will I have to do it like this:

$test = ($foo) ? "bar" : "not bar"; echo $test;

[moon 111]

You can use the first one. You can think of it like this: PHP first goes over the ?: bit and then executes the function or whatever. So

echo ($foo) ? "bar" : "not bar";

is really either

echo "bar";

or

echo "not bar";

 

You can put it anywhere where "bar"/"not bar" is expected.

 

Geddit?

[haku]

They will both work, but the first one is better for echo statements. The second pattern (minus the echo) is what you use to set variables.

[conker87]

Aah, brilliant. Thanks a bunch (Y)