note 49188 added to control-structures.switch

Here's an often overlooked way of doing (nearly) the same thing: <?php echo ($i == 0) ? "i is zero" : (($i == 1) ? "i equals 1" : (($i == 2) ? "i equals 2" : "")); ?> This may be an idiomatic surprise at first. But the clean and concise code speaks for itself. Beware; PHP seems to parse the ternary operator with a different precedence than other languages such as C or perl or javascript. This means PHP requires nested parenthesis around each nested group to avoid unexpected results. Even so, this construct is still very understandable and maintainable, compared to the equivalent switch or if statements. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.switch.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+49188 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49188&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49188&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49188&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49188&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49188&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+49188&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php