note 37585 modified in control-structures.alternative-syntax by vrana

My personal preference on alternating writing is like this: <?php $query="select * from books"; sizeof($myparam) and $query.=" where title like '%$myparam%'"; ?> Which means: if (sizeof($myparam)) $query.= ... You can even combine this with the ? structure. Like: <?php $query="select * from books"; strlen($title) and $c1=" title like '%$title%'"; strlen($year) and $c2=" year=$year"; strlen($c1) and $q2=$c1; strlen($c2) and $q2.= (strlen($q2)) ? "and $c2" : $c2; strlen($q2) and $query.=" where $q2"; ?> Well, how about this? Can it be done easier? :) I think is is called lazy Vs eager calc. --was-- My personal preference on alternating writing is like this: $query="select * from books"; sizeof($myparam) and $query.=" where title like '%$myparam%'"; Which means: if (sizeof($myparam)) $query.= ... You can even combine this with the ? structure. Like: $query="select * from books"; strlen($title) and $c1=" title like '%$title%'"; strlen($year) and $c2=" year=$year"; strlen($c1) and $q2=$c1; strlen($c2) and $q2.= (strlen($q2)) ? "and $c2" : $c2; strlen($q2) and $query.=" where $q2"; Well, how about this? Can it be done easier? :) I think is is called lazy Vs eager calc. http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.alternative-syntax.php