note 57165 added to language.control-structures

When using the ?: syntax: echo "Something " . <condition> ? "true" : "false"; The above works, but not the below: <condition> ? echo "Something ture" : echo "Something false"; which causes a syntax error. It seems that ?: can return a static value but can not execute a command? Granted the above example is contrived. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.control-structures.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+57165 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57165&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57165&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57165&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57165&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57165&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57165&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57165&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+57165&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php