Re: Construct Request

From:	Sean Coates	Date:	Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:21:01 +0000
Subject:	Re: Construct Request
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Andi Gutmans wrote:

It could be implemented but I don't see the big advantage over $bar ? 0 : $base It's one character... oes to GCC and its C extension).
    $bar ? : $baz;
    If $bar evaluates to true, the expression evaluates to $bar
    or to 0, respectively.

I think we're unclear on this.. What seems right to me: <?php $variable = $foo ?: $bar; // is the same as if ($foo) $variable = $foo; else $variable = $bar; ?> I know that's not what Sascha originally wrote, but am I mistaken on the actual meaning (I don't get the "0" reference made by Sascha)? S