ternary operator ... if/else shorthand; here's the long way to to do it:
if(isset($string2)) {
$string1 = $HTTP_GET_VARS['pid'];
} else {
$string1 = "";
}
-or-
$string1 = "";
if(isset($string2)) {
$string1 = $HTTP_GET_VARS['pid'];
}
Hank
On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 08:28:12PM -0500, Gerard Samuel wrote:
> Hi. Im looking over someone else's code and I come across something I
> dont understand and dont know where in the manual to look for it.
> Here is an example ==>
>
> $string1 = (isset($string2)) ? $HTTP_GET_VARS['pid'] : "";
>
> I have no idea what the '?' in the line and the ':' at the end, so I
> have no way of interpreting what $string1 could be.
> If you could point me to the page in the manual that would be great.
>
> Thanks...
>
>
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