In many programing languages it is possible to shorten if statements using what’s called the ternary operator. It is sometimes referred as the “one line if statement” or the “short if statement”. This can help at times to produce cleaner code, however use this operator wisely as it is not always best to be used for more complicated statements.
PHP Example of an if statement
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if($nFoo > 0)
{
echo "I'm at the work.";
}
else
{
echo "I'm at home.";
}
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PHP Example using the ternary operator
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echo $nFoo > 0 ? "I'm at the work." : "I'm at home.";
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The expression (expr1) ? (expr2) : (expr3) evaluates to expr2 if expr1 evaluates to …
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