Actions & Tertiary Operators

[2levelsabove]

OK so I know how tertiary operators work

 

$videos = is_array($videodata) ? $videodata : 0;

 

 

how ever can one do actions instead of just assigning values ?

 

for example :

 

(if true ) ? (do this ) ( else that)  OR IN MY CASE  (is_array($videodata)) ? return $videodata : return 0;

[KevinM1]

Yes.

[2levelsabove]

It doesnt let me:

 

(is_array($videodata)) ? return $videodata : return 0;

 

However this works

 

$videos = is_array($videodata) ? $videodata : 0;

 

return $videos;

[oni-kun]

(is_array($videodata)) ? return $videodata : return 0;

 

Are you using it within a function? Else it's not valid.

[2levelsabove]

Yes I am using it within a function. Why would that not work?

 

[oni-kun]

Yes I am using it within a function. Why would that not work?

 

You cannot return a variable into the subscope, you must return the result of the IF statement first:

return (is_array($videodata)) ? $videodata :  0;

[2levelsabove]

Thank you ! Now I get it.