Ternary operator. Look in the comparison operators section: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php
-Shawn "Adrian Greeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I am confused by the shorthand "if" notation. > For example I just saw this PHP snippet on another forum > > <? > $bkgndClass = $bkgndClass == "darkBkgnd" ? "liteBkgnd" : > "darkBkgnd"; > } > ?> > > I think it is an if but cannot find it in the manual. How > is that written in the more normal notation - if(){} etc?? > > [And please excuse a slightly off-thread but related extension to > the question but I have seen similar in Javascript - namely --- > var evt = (evt ? evt : ((window.event) ? window.event : null); > is this the same notation or something else?] > > Regards Adrian Greeman > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
