The Ternary Operator in PHP
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The ternary operator allows us to simplify some PHP conditional statements. We'll see how it can be used, with test-driven development and refactoring, to simplify code like:
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<?php
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$result = null; |
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if (5>3) { |
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$result = "Bigger"; |
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} else { |
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$result = "Less"; |
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}
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Written using a ternary operator, we can write the above comparison as:
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<?php
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$result = 5 > 3 ? "Bigger" : "Less"; |
This is obviously a much simpler way to write relatively easy to understand conditional statements and something we should consider when writing future code,
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