note 83568 deleted from control-structures.alternative-syntax by mgf

Note Submitter: tmont ---- In response to the note concerning references below, his point is taken, albeit in the wrong context. According to the section on references (http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.references.return.php), returning by reference means you return a variable by reference, not an expression. The ternary operator is an expression, which is why his example doesn't work (it also generates an E_NOTICE, "Only variable references should be returned by reference..."). I mentioned the wrong context because the ternary operator has nothing to do with alternative syntax (e.g. if: ... endif;); it is its own alternative to the alternative. As it were. Word.