On Sat, 2008-10-18 at 08:44 -0700, Yeti wrote: > I would understand it if it was like this .. > > <?php > $search = isset($_GET['search']) ? $_GET['search'] : ''; > # versus > if (isset($_GET['search'])) { $search = $_GET['search']; } > ?> > > In the first statement $search would either be set to $_GET['search'] > or an empty string, whereas in the second statement $search would only > be set, if there is a $_GET['search'] Wrong. They are equivalent. The second is probably just easier to follow with a clearly defined default value outside the conditional block. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php