What does this do?

[brooky]

Can anyone tell me what this does in english?

$colname_rsMember = (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? $HTTP_GET_VARS['memberId'] : addslashes($HTTP_GET_VARS['memberId']);

I understand get variables and addslashes.

[AstroTeg]

For a good definition of [man]get_magic_quotes_gpc[/man], check out PHP's site.

As for the ( [stuff 1] ) ? [stuff 2] : [stuff 3] syntax, it works like this:

This syntax is a shortened form of an if().

( ) <-- required. Whatever goes inside is exactly like what an if() would need.

So, for "stuff 1", you could have: (1 != 2) which is true or (1 == 2) which is false.

Then you put a ? after the (1 != 2).

"Stuff 2" represents what to do if your condition statement is true.

Then you put a ":" after "Stuff 2" (I like to think of it as a seperator. Then "Stuff 3" is what to do when your condition statement is false.

So:

echo ((1 != 2) ? "This is true" : "This is false");

This is just shorthand for doing:

if(1 != 2)
  echo "This is true";
else
  echo "This is false";

[brooky]

Thats terrific thanks. 🙂