Posted by Jochem Maas on 01/21/05 14:14

Ben Edwards wrote:
> I seem to remember seing someone use a abreaviated form of a
> if/them/else of the type that can be used in java.
>
> It was something like
>
> if ( a=b ) ? a=1 ; a=2;

$a = ($a == $b) ? 1: 2;

which meand: if $a is equal to $b then set $a to 1 otherwise set $a to
2. that is equivalent to:

if ($a == $b) {
$a = 1;
} else {
$a = 1;
}

btw: its called the 'tertiary' syntax (because its the third form)

>
> Anybody know what the correct syntax is?
>
> Ben

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