Posted by Richard Davey on 01/21/05 14:10

Hello Ben,

Friday, January 21, 2005, 12:01:09 PM, you wrote:

BE> I seem to remember seing someone use a abreaviated form of a
BE> if/them/else of the type that can be used in java.

BE> It was something like

BE> if ( a=b ) ? a=1 ; a=2;

BE> Anybody know what the correct syntax is?

It's called a ternary operator.

$action = (empty($_POST['action'])) ? 'default' : $_POST['action'];

In the PHP manual under Comparison Operators.

Best regards,

Richard Davey
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