[ACCEPTED]-Conditional operator with only true statement-conditional-operator

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Score: 13

It doesn't get much shorter than:

if($condition) $var = $value;

Score: 8

IMO, the best way to make your code sample 6 shorter is:

if($myarray["foo"] == $bar)
    $variablename = $myarray["foo"];

FYI, the name of the operator 5 you're asking about isn't "the ternary 4 operator", it's the conditional operator.

Since you ask, a way 3 you could actually use the conditional operator 2 to do what you're asking is:

$myarray['foo'] == $bar ? $variablename = $myarray['foo'] : null;

but that's somewhat 1 horrifically ugly and very unmaintainable.

Score: 3

You could do this, but I wouldn't as it 1 is pretty unreadable and stupid:

$myarray["foo"] == $bar ? $variablename = $myarray["foo"] : 0;

$myarray["foo"] == $bar && $variablename = $myarray["foo"];

Score: 2

Your right, ternary is not the way to go. It's 3 there to handle the if and else part of 2 the statement.

Just stick with the regular 1 if statement.

if($myarray["foo"]==$bar) $variablename=$myarray["foo"];

Score: 2

The "problem" you have isn't really a problem. Your 10 example code is very clear and maintainable. I 9 would really say leave it like it is.

You 8 -could- remove the braces, but that will 7 have an impact on maintainability.

Your other 6 alternative is to create a set_if_true(mixed 5 array, string key, boolean conditional) wrapper 4 function. It hides what is really happening 3 but depending on your specific implementation 2 it is a good option. (For instance a configuration 1 type object, or caching backend)

Score: 2

Put != instead of == and ?: instead of just ?..

$variablename = ($myarray["foo"] != "bar") ?: $myarray["foo"];

is 2 the same as

if($myarray["foo"] != "bar"){} else { $variablename = $myarray["foo"]; }

It might not be the smartest 1 solution but it works. I like this one more

if($myarray["foo"] != "bar") {$variablename = $myarray["foo"]};

Score: 0

Set the variable to itself in the false 1 case:

$variablename=($myarray["foo"]=="bar")? $myarray["foo"] : $variablename

Score: 0

You can put the original expression in the 4 else part of the ternary operation, but if you 3 want to guarantee single evaluation of the 2 expression then you'll have to use a temporary 1 variable and an if statement.

Score: 0

Ternary isn't the way, even though it can 4 be written so that ternary works.

The reason 3 is this: you're trying to use it in a way 2 it's not intended, which will make your 1 code awkward for other developers to read.

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