On 9 Mar 2004 Richard Davey wrote:
> $x ? xxx : xxx
>
> But it makes your code less readable IMHO and offers no tangible
> benefit whatsoever.
Ah, to each his/her own I guess ... I actually find:
$value = ($condition ? $val1 : $val2);
easier to read than:
if ($condition)
$value = $val1;
else
$value = $val2;
On the other hand for this:
$value = ($var1 && ($var2 == 4) && (($var3 == $var7) || ($var9 ==
"hello"))) ? htmlspecialchars(strstr($string1, $string2) . "test") :
NULL;
I would prefer to use:
if ($var1 && ($var2 == 4) && (($var3 == $var7) || ($var9 ==
"hello")))
$value = htmlspecialchars(strstr($string1, $string2) . "test");
else
$value = NULL;
In other words ... IMO you can use the ?: operator to be concise (which
increases readability) or to be cryptic (which reduces it).
--
Tom
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