Posted by Oli Filth on 05/25/05 20:45

Kimmo Laine wrote:
> $var0 = "";
> $var1 = "bunny";
> $default = "default";
<...SNIP...>
> $target = $var0 OR $var1 OR $default;
> echo $target; //outputs bunny

No it doesn't. The result is an empty string.

> Why "bunny"? Seems that using or the operand is assigned into $target, and
> if it's true, it halts. It is evaluated like this:
>
> (($target = $var0) || $target = $var1) || $target = $default;

No it's not. The line is evaluated as:

($target = $var0) || $var1 || $default;



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Oli

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