what is this for ? in the middle of codes.

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i have seen meny people useing this format of programming but what does the ? do cheers.

advance thank you.

this code an example with the ? in the syntex i would like to know what it does incase it is inportant and i am missing somethink here?
[code]
<?php

if(isset($record['name'] ? $record['password'])){

do some think

}
?>
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[Barand]

I think you are referring to the ternary operator, which has the format

$var = ($some_condition) ? $value_if_condition_true : $value_if_false ;

which is shorthand for

[code]
if ($some_condition) {
    $var = $value_if_condition_true;
}
else {
    $var = $value_if_false;
}
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Thank you i get it cheers.

[onlyican]

I use it when I am naming one var on the outcome
for example to check a page number

$page_num = is_numeric($_GET["page"] ? $_GET["page"] : 1;
$page_num = str_len($_GET["page"] <= 3 ? $page_num : 1;

Basicly, what you can put in the if statement
if(statement){
can go there
Argument ?(then) :(else)