How does the ? operator work in php?

[devWhiz]

I see a couple people using the ? operator in php and was curious as to how it works?

[AyKay47]

its called the "ternary" operator.

 

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

[Pikachu2000]

It's only part of a ternary statement in the following context. It needs to have the colon with it to be used in ternary syntax.

 

$variable = $num == 5 ? 'is five' : 'is not five';

[AyKay47]

well noted, to avoid confusion i will state that the ? is only part of the ternary operator, as pika corrected me on, the link I provided has the documentation on the subject.