This should do the trick: $something ? $this=$that -justin On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:36:36 -0800, Chris W. Parker <cparker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I couldn't find this anywhere on google or PHP's site but I'm pretty > sure there's an answer to it. > > How can I turn the following into something that resembles the ternary > operator? > > <?php > > if($something) > { > $this = $that; > } > > ?> > > I seem to remember it looking something like: > > <?php > > $this = ($something) || $that; > > ?> > > Although this isn't syntactically wrong, i.e. no errors, it did not do > what I hoped it would do. (What it does is assign 1/true.) > > Thanks! > Chris. > > p.s. No need to respond if your suggestion is: > > <?php > > if($something) { $this = $that; } > > ?> > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Justin Lilly University of South Carolina -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php