Two if statements using ternary condition

Question

The title seems confusing but this is my first time using ternary conditions. I've read that ternary is meant to be used to make an inline if/else statement. Using no else is not possible. Is it true?

I want to change this with ternary condition for practice

if (isset($_SESSION['group']
{
if ($_SESSION['item'] == 'A')
{
echo "Right!";
}
}

It has two if statements only. The second if is nested with the other. I've also read that to make a no else possible for ternary, it just have to be set to null or empty string.

Sorry, ternary conditional operators are not the right thing to use here. Stick with if statements, but use `&&` instead of nesting. — BoltClock, Aug 03 '11 at 10:47

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 03 '11 at 10:51

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It's a bad example because you can use an AND-operator on the nested if:

$result = isset($_SESSION['group'] && $_SESSION['item'] == 'A' ? true : false;

Of course you can nest ternary operator, too:

$result = isset($_SESSION['group'] ? ( $_SESSION['item'] == 'A' ? true : false ) : false;

with echo

echo  isset($_SESSION['group'] ? ( $_SESSION['item'] == 'A' ? "Right!" : "false" ) : "false";

edited Aug 03 '11 at 10:51

Nivas

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answered Aug 03 '11 at 10:43

Micromega

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You might as well do `$result = isset($_SESSION['group']) && $_SESSION['item'] == 'A';` – BoltClock Aug 03 '11 at 10:50
user: – Micromega Aug 03 '11 at 11:07

Nivas · Answer 2 · 2011-08-03T10:52:22.347

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echo (isset($_SESSION['group']) && $_SESSION['item'] == 'A') ? "Right" : ""

Better still (readable, maintainable), use:

if (isset($_SESSION['group']) && $_SESSION['item'] == 'A')
{
   echo "Right!";
}

edited Aug 03 '11 at 10:52

answered Aug 03 '11 at 10:45

Nivas

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 03 '11 at 10:46

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isset($_SESSION['group'] ? (if ($_SESSION['item'] == 'A') ? echo "Right" : null) : null

Try this, I think it might work =].

For further reading on ternary conditions in Java/ whatever you're using look at http://www.devdaily.com/java/edu/pj/pj010018

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answered Aug 03 '11 at 10:44

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Nope, `echo` has to be outside. – BoltClock Aug 03 '11 at 10:47

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 22 '18 at 02:17

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You can nest two ternary statements as this example:

echo (isset($_SESSION['group']))?($_SESSION['item']== 'A')?'Right!':null:null;

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answered Aug 03 '11 at 10:49

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 03 '11 at 10:54

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Did you know you can do this as well? (isset($_SESSION['group']) && ($_SESSION['item']=='A')) &&($result$c= 1); or echo (isset($_SESSION['group']) && ($_SESSION['item']=='A')) ? 'Hello!':'World!';

answered Aug 03 '11 at 10:54

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