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05 Nov, 2004

PHP: simple logic statement

Posted by: Jennifer In: Lessons learned

I'm tired of searching for the correct syntax everytime I wan to use this line… if you're doing a simple one line "if" statement, you can use a "ternary conditional operator" – for example:

echo $variable == 'value' ? 'print if true' : 'print if false';

3 Responses to "PHP: simple logic statement"

1 | Mischievous Ramblings » PHP: Ternary Operator

November 20th, 2004 at 5:56 am

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2 | Jonathan Johnson

November 5th, 2004 at 10:10 pm

Ah, the ternary operator. Just remember this. The question mark comes after the item in question — Is __ true ? Yes : No;

It's the only way I can remember it 😉

3 | Michael Moncur

November 6th, 2004 at 12:03 am

Don't you need parentheses around the condition? Or they optional in PHP?

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