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sobstel / ternary_operator_gotcha.php

Created 2011-05-12

<?php
// old way
$value = $value ? $value : false;
 
// new way
$value = $value ?: false;
 
// however...
$value = isset($value) ?: false; // if eg. $value="value", then it returns (bool)true, and not (string)"value"