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15 Jan 09 PHP – Ternary Operator
I’m going to try and focus some time on building out the PHP section of the site now – here’s a useful technique, in shortening and tidying various cases of if/then/else.
This simply operates as:
$result = (condition) ? then : else
Consider the following code:
if (rand(0,1))
{
$result = “A”;
} else {
$result = “B”;
}
echo $result;
{
$result = “A”;
} else {
$result = “B”;
}
echo $result;
We can shorten this using the ternary operator:
$result = (rand(0,1)) ? “A” : “B”;
echo $result;
echo $result;
Or even:
echo (rand(0,1)) ? “A” : “B”;
For more information, see http://uk.php.net/ternary. This is supported in both PHP4 and PHP5
Tags: PHP, rand, ternary operator
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I'm Adam Palmer, and I'm a Freelance Embedded Linux/Embedded Hardware enthusiast and Security Consultant. I run 'APNIC Solutions Ltd' and spend most of my time managing server clusters, and doing some PHP/MySQL development, whilst what little spare time I have is dedicated to playing with gadgets. I'm always happy to consult on or manage any Linux related, Web Application or Hosting project. Please get in touch with me! |
