Comments on: PHP if statement syntax

By: davak

davak — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:50:02 +0000

Glad we could help!

By: Name

Name — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:59:42 +0000

I am a novie in php programming.I was looking for “elseif” in php and this writ up heloped me to do it..

Thanking you
Anand V Mohan

By: Sagar

Sagar — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:44:22 +0000

My above suggestion is the same as what Tom Elders suggested. I support it

By: Sagar

Sagar — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:35:43 +0000

yes, ternary condition does give a problem

I would advise the following as well

while($row = mysql_fetch_row):
if($condition = true) { $something = $value }
endwhile;

By: Oyeme

Oyeme — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:53:59 +0000

very useful if “compatct mode” :P

By: peace love

peace love — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:53:51 +0000

Thats a great shorthand, and gives good readability!

By: Tom Elders

Tom Elders — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:16:53 +0000

I think describing the ternary operator "?" as an if statement is a bit misleading. For example, inside a while loop:

while($row = mysql_fetch_row):
if($condition = true) { $something = $value }
endwhile;

that works. However, consider the following

while($row = mysql_fetch_row):
$something = ($condition = $true) ? $value : null;
endwhile;

If the condition is met, everything works fine, but on the next iteration of the loop, if the condition is not met, $something is set to null, which is probably not the desired effect 9 times out of 10.