Comments on: The PHP ternary operator https://keithdevon.com/the-php-ternary-operator/ UK-based WordPress developer Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:59:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.3 By: Rob George https://keithdevon.com/the-php-ternary-operator/#comment-163 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:59:36 +0000 http://keithdevon.wpengine.com/?p=969#comment-163 I don’t think the below works for your example but if you’re just evaluating a value as true/false then since PHP 5.3, it is possible to leave out the middle part of the ternary operator. Expression expr1 ?: expr3 returns expr1 if expr1 evaluates to TRUE, and expr3 otherwise..

I think the longhand is more readable but it’s good to know the different shorthand notations.

]]> By: keithdevon https://keithdevon.com/the-php-ternary-operator/#comment-62 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:45:54 +0000 http://keithdevon.wpengine.com/?p=969#comment-62 In reply to Andy Roberts.

Good point Andy. I guess the main reason for posting this was to cement my understanding of the syntax, as a lot of developers use it. Whether I do or not remains to be seen!

]]> By: Andy Roberts https://keithdevon.com/the-php-ternary-operator/#comment-61 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 10:24:09 +0000 http://keithdevon.wpengine.com/?p=969#comment-61 The longhand version is much better though isn’t it. Why would you want to write code that doesn’t make the logic explicit?

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