IF-ELSEIF-ELSE statement in one line?

PHP
1

Hi,

I know that we can write IF-ELSE statement in one line, such as,

$eatit = ($applet !="gree") ? "Eat" : "Dont Eat";

but how about IF-ELSEIF-ELSE statement??

how do I write these into one line?

if(isset($cat_name))
{
$page_path = 'blog/categories/'.$cat_name;
}
elseif(isset($pg_archive))
{
$page_path =  'blog/archive/'.$pg_archive ;
}
else
{
$page_path =  home';
}

many thanks,
Lau

2

Try this:


$page_path = (isset($cat_name) ? 'blog/categories/'.$cat_name : ((isset($pg_archive) ? 'blog/archive/'.$pg_archive : 'home')));
3

Personally, I think the readability of nested ternary statements suck. It’s not that I can’t understand them, but rather I can clearly read an if/elseif/else statement pretty much instantly, but most nested ternary statements, I need to look at for a moment.

They suck less if you spread it out over a few lines and indent it, but might as well use if/elseif/else then, and it will be easier to modify if ever needed.

4

thanks for your input. i prefer multiple lines personally as they are easier to understand :slight_smile:

5

it works well. thank you :smiley:

6

I hope I’ll never have to work after you two…

7

While I agree that it is very terse, reminds me of Perl, I would never use a nested ternary.

I only posted it because that is what he asked for. I did not question his motives.

8

In perl is not that messed up…


my $var = shift || 'default';