The single pipe | is bitwise OR, yes. You're probably thinking of this construct: a = b || c Which is a valid and common default-value idiom in Python and Javascript, but I don't think works in PHP. (If it does, someone please correct me because I'd like to use it. <g>) On Wednesday 27 September 2006 21:05, Jason Karns wrote: > I once saw the use of OR (|) in assignment. > > $x = $y | $z; > > Does this use bitwise OR? I'm trying to see if I could use the above > expression in place of: > > $x = is_null($y) ? $z : $y; > > Jason Karns > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > The Ohio State University [www.osu.edu] > Computer Science & Engineering [www.cse.osu.edu] > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 9/22/2006 -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas Jefferson -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
