Re: note 9796 added to Alternative syntax for control structures

Do use a sane email address next time, or add a "NOSPAM" somewhere in it. The ternary operator is not a control structure. See the description in the "Comparison operators" section. Your note will be removed. --- TButzon@php2.chek.com, at@php2.chek.com, ImAWebDesigner.com@php2.chek.com wrote: > I vaguely remember seeing this somewhere, but it > very well could've been in a Perl reference, too. > > There's an alternate if construct that I couldn't > find in the manual here - it's very useful if you > want to test a condition mid-statement and don't > want to break the statement for the condition. > Here's the syntax: > (condition) ? result if true : result if false > > For example, let's say you're adding a record to a > database; if the user gave their email address, you > want it to be added in parenthesis in the same field > as the name. Assume $name already contains the > user's name, and $email may or may not contain the > user's email address. > > // Add email to name if present > $name = $name . ((isset($name)) ? (" (" . $email . > ")") : ""); > > > http://www.php.net/manual/control-structures.alternative-syntax.php > > > > -- > PHP Notes Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > php-notes-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: > php-notes-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > ===== --- Jesus M. Castagnetto (jcastagnetto@yahoo.com) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/