Bug #79160 [Opn->Csd]: String Concatenation along with condition/ternary operator yields wrong result.

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79160&edit=1 ID: 79160 Updated by: sjon@php.net Reported by: divyaedward89 at gmail dot com Summary: String Concatenation along with condition/ternary operator yields wrong result. -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Bug Package: Strings related PHP Version: 7.2.27 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: sjon Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Due to the volume of reports we can not explain in detail here why your report is not a bug. The support channels will be able to provide an explanation for you. Thank you for your interest in PHP. https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.precedence.php the proper way to write this is: > $query .= 'Value of var='.(empty($var) ? '0' : $var); Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2020-01-23 13:25:58] divyaedward89 at gmail dot com Description: ------------ --- From manual page: https://php.net/language.operators.string --- String Concatenation along with condition/ternary operator yields wrong result. The condition does not execute as expected. The condition affects the string concatenation. Test script: --------------- <?php $var='I am not empty'; $query = ''; $query .= 'Value of var='.(empty($var)) ? '0' : $var; echo $query; ?> Expected result: ---------------- Value of var=I am not empty ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79160&edit=1