ternary operator ... if/else shorthand; here's the long way to to do it:

if(isset($string2)) {
        $string1 = $HTTP_GET_VARS['pid'];
        } else {
        $string1 = "";
        }

-or- 

$string1 = "";
if(isset($string2)) {
        $string1 = $HTTP_GET_VARS['pid'];
        }

Hank

On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 08:28:12PM -0500, Gerard Samuel wrote:
> Hi.  Im looking over someone else's code and I come across something I 
> dont understand and dont know where in the manual to look for it.
> Here is an example ==>
> 
> $string1 = (isset($string2)) ? $HTTP_GET_VARS['pid'] : "";
> 
> I have no idea what the '?' in the line and the ':' at the end, so I 
> have no way of interpreting what $string1 could be.
> If you could point me to the page in the manual that would be great.
> 
> Thanks...
> 
> 
> -- 
> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

-- 
Hank Marquardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://web.yerpso.net
GPG Id: 2BB5E60C
Fingerprint: D807 61BC FD18 370A AC1D  3EDF 2BF9 8A2D 2BB5 E60C
*** Web Development: PHP, MySQL/PgSQL - Network Admin: Debian/FreeBSD
*** PHP Instructor - Intnl. Webmasters Assn./HTML Writers Guild 
*** Beginning PHP -- Starts January 7, 2002 
*** See http://www.hwg.org/services/classes

-- 
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to