The Ternary Operator in PHP

Patkos Csaba

May 29, 2015 • 1 min read

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From The Video

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:

<?php

$result = null;

if (5>3) {
    $result = "Bigger";
} else {
	$result = "Less";
}

Written using a ternary operator, we can write the above comparison as:

1	<?php
2	$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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Patkos Csaba

I had my first contact with computers in the mid-80s when I visited my father at work. Probably it was an important moment for what I am doing now. I am a proud member of an agile team working for a company called Syneto. Through my carrier I programmed in several programming languages and I had the chance to learn and use daily all the major Agile techniques from Scrum to Lean and from TDD to DDD. Since August 2012 I am sharing my knowledge with the Nettuts+ readers by articles, tutorials and premium courses, all about programming.

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