operators &quot;?&quot; and &quot;:&quot;

operators "?" and ":"

robvilla

This is probably a stupid question, but I'm looking through some phpBB code to figure out an answer to another problem: http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&postid=10504940#post10504940

and I've come across some (I'm guessing shorthand) operators that I've not seen before - the question mark and colon. Anyone know what they mean in this context?

$user_avatar_upload = ( !empty($HTTP_POST_VARS['avatarurl']) ) ? trim($HTTP_POST_VARS['avatarurl']) : ( ( $HTTP_POST_FILES['avatar']['tmp_name'] != "none") ? $HTTP_POST_FILES['avatar']['tmp_name'] : '' );

Thanks,
- rob

devinemke

read about ternary operator:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php

robvilla

Originally posted by devinemke
read about ternary operator:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php

THANKS!