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January 25th, 2004, 06:44 PM

mwichmann4

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Explain this plez

Hey everyone,

Can someone explain this code to me plez.

echo (sizeof($results)==1?" article":" articles");

I don't get what the ? and : is for.

Thanks

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January 25th, 2004, 09:21 PM

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Its short hand way of writing IF statements... The official term has slipped me right now... but basically it could also be written like this:

PHP Code:


		
			
if (sizeof($results)==1) {

    echo " article";

} else {

    echo " articles";

}

January 26th, 2004, 08:12 AM

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It's a ternary operator. To elaborate a smidgin, the ? means "look at the preceding expression; if it evaluates to true, return the value immediately following me; else return the value after the colon."

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