How to convert if statement to ternary?

[vijesharora16]

This is the code

<?php 
if($gender === 'm'){
echo ' checked';} 
?>

When I am trying to convert it to ternary
<?php $gender === 'm' ? ' checked' ; ?> // without else, it can't work

Is ternary required ELSE statement, I don’t want to use else statement

[John_Betong]

@vijesharora16

<?php
if($gender === ‘m’){
echo ’ checked’;}
?>

When I am trying to convert it to ternary
<?php $gender === ‘m’ ? ’ checked’ ; ?> //

Try this

<?php echo ($gender === 'm') ? 'Checked' : NULL; 

[vijesharora16]

Nope, I had already tried that option but doesn’t work.

[Gandalf]

What @John_Betong has given you is the right format for a ternary operator, so perhaps you need to look at why it’s not working.

What do you get if you echo ($gender === 'm'); ?

[John_Betong]

Try replacing NULL with $gender;

[John_Betong]

If and only if you are using PHP 7 try using the Null coalescing operator

http://php.net/manual/en/migration70.new-features.php

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