Jason Barnett <mailto:jason.barnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Friday, February 25, 2005 2:10 PM said: > $this = $something ? $that : null; That won't work because I'm setting a default value for $this and want it to change only if it has to. The long winded way to write this would be: <?php $myVariable = "default"; if($somethingElse == "a value") { $myVariable = "new value"; } else { // don't do anything } ?> Chris. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php