Need help understanding symbols ..

[zoobzen]

I need some help understanding the below syntax (the ? and the colon are throwing me)

 

 

isset($_POST['cardType']) ? $_POST['cardType'] : '';

 

Thanks for any help on this ..

 

Frank

[mikosiko]

is called a ternary operator  basically is the reduced version of a if... else construction

 

http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php

[chintansshah]

it's ternary operator which take place of if else statement.

 

 

// in ternary operatorisset($_POST['cardType']) ? $_POST['cardType'] : '';// in if..elseif(isset($_POST['cardType'])){$cardType = $_POST['cardType'];}else{$cardType = '';}

 

I hope you cleared.