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PHP Ternary Operator

PHP Ternary Operator are binary operators which combine two operands or expressions into a single but more complex expression. PHP has some unary and one ternary operators as well. Unary operators convert a single expression into a more complex expression and a ternary operator combines three expressions into a single expression.

Ternary Operator in PHP is faster and cleaner way through which we can write simple if/else statements.

Syntax:

$variable = condition ? if true : if false

Portion to the left of the ? is a condition of testing. Portion between the ? and the : is the result/output if the condition is true. Portion after the : is the result/output if the condition is false.

PHP Ternary Operator Example

<?php
$cow = "white"; 
$x = ($cow = "white") ? "Wow! This cow is of my favourite colour." 
: "Uhh! This cow's colour is not favourite one.";
print $x;
?> 

This will produce following result:

Wow! This cow is of my favourite colour.

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