{"id":9348,"date":"2021-01-05T16:01:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T21:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=9348"},"modified":"2021-12-04T06:40:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T06:40:03","slug":"php-ternary-operator-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/php-ternary-operator-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use The PHP Ternary Operator With Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The PHP ternary operator contains three operands and is usually used as a simple alternative to the <em><strong>if \u2026 else<\/strong><\/em> or <em><strong>switch<\/strong><\/em> conditional operators. This operator allows the developer to achieve the same with less code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The syntax of the <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/php\">PHP<\/a> ternary operator takes the following format:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>(Condition) ? (Statement1) : (Statement2);<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Condition<\/strong>: This is evaluated and must return a boolean value<\/li><li><strong>Statement1<\/strong>: is executed if Condition evaluates to true otherwise\u2026<\/li><li><strong>Statement2<\/strong>: is executed if Condition evaluates to false<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The result can be assigned to a variable printed onto the output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us take a look at a few examples starting with this simple one where the value is assigned to a variable:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-php\">  $age = 25; \n  $maturity = ( $age --&gt; 18 ) ? &quot;adult&quot; : &quot;youngling&quot;; \n  print (&quot;State of maturity is &quot; . $maturity); <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-bash\">Output:\nState of maturity is adult<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>In this example, the statement is printed out to the web browser:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-php\">  $age = 25; \n  echo ( $a --&gt; 21 ) ? &quot;Serve beer&quot; : &quot;Serve juice&quot;; <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-bash\">Output:\nServe beer<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Another common use for the PHP ternary operator is to assign variables from HTTP form submissions. It makes for cleaner code that is easier to maintain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-php\">\n  $name = isset( $_POST[&#039;name&#039;] ) ? $_POST[&#039;name&#039;]: null;  \n  $email = isset( $_POST[&#039;email&#039;] ) ? $_POST[&#039;email&#039;]: null; \n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This is what the above code would look like if we used the <em><strong>if \u2026 else<\/strong><\/em> conditional operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-php\">\n  if( isset( $_POST[&#039;name&#039;] )) \n    $name = $_POST[&#039;name&#039;]; \n  else\n    $name = null; \n  \n  if( isset( $_POST[&#039;email&#039;] )) \n    $email = $_POST[&#039;email&#039;]; \n  else\n    $email = null;\n <\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PHP ternary operator contains three operands and is usually used as a simple alternative to the if \u2026 else or switch conditional operators. 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