note 80121 deleted from language.operators.comparison by nlopess

Note Submitter: thingy dot 808 at gmail dot com ---- Try out the following, to show inconsistencies between nested ternary comparisons: <? function bogsdollocks($num) { echo "Number input = ".$num."<br>"; //What's up with the following - echo ($num == 7) ? "exactly seven" : ($num > 7) ? "more than seven" : "less than seven" ; echo "<br>"; // after much monkeying around the following is ok, note the brackets around the latter nested ternary statement - echo ($num == 7) ? "TERNARY OK : exactly seven" : (($num > 7) ? "TERNARY OK : more than seven" : "TERNARY OK : less than seven" ); echo "<br>"; // The following is the reference which is always ok - if ($num == 7) { echo "REFERENCE : exactly seven"; } elseif ($num > 7) { echo "REFERENCE : more than seven";} else { echo "REFERENCE : less than seven";} echo "<br>"; } echo "<HR>"; bogsdollocks(6); echo "<HR>"; bogsdollocks(7); echo "<HR>"; bogsdollocks(8); echo "<HR>"; ?> Gives the results: Number input = 6 less than seven TERNARY OK : less than seven REFERENCE : less than seven --------------------------------- Number input = 7 more than seven TERNARY OK : exactly seven REFERENCE : exactly seven --------------------------------- Number input = 8 more than seven TERNARY OK : more than seven REFERENCE : more than seven I try to avoid ternary.