Simple php question

  • nglavin

    (@nglavin)


    12 years, 11 months ago

    hi i am just wondering if some one could tell me what the “?” mean in php syntax.

    $post_cat = ( in_array( $_POST[‘post_cat’], $accepted_post_cats ) ) ? $_POST[‘post_cat’] : ‘status’;

    Cheers
    Nick

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  • stvwlf

    (@stvwlf)

    12 years, 11 months ago

    That is called the ternary operator.

    $results =  ( logical expression )   ?
  ( result if expression is true ) : ( result if expression is false ) ;

    It’s the same as

    if ( logical expression ) {
   result if expression is true;
} else {
   result if expression is false;
}

    except it all goes on one line

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