shorthand php if{} ELSE IF{} else{}

Question

is there a possibility to write a shorthand if, ELSE IF, else statement for php.

if / else is clear but is there a shorthanded way when i want to use elseif too (except switch)?

if ($typeArray == 'date'){
    echo 'date';
} else if($typeArray == 'time'){
    echo 'time';
} else {
    echo 'text';
}

Haven't found any good answer else, where there is a shorthand version for nested if statements including an elseif.

greetings timmi

use oop PHP you can achieve this consider each case as a method name. — Sundar, Jun 18 '14 at 13:05
That's as short as it's going to get while keeping your sanity. — Ja͢ck, Jun 18 '14 at 13:05
There are TERNARY OPERATORS, they offer something like this (and I'm too lazy to write a full answer currently) :) — Sliq, Jun 18 '14 at 13:05
dublicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16026612/if-else-php-shorthand?rq=1 — h.s.o.b.s, Jun 18 '14 at 13:06
there are so much duplicates of this that you can choose which one to pick, that is a duplicate of other, that is a dup of other, and so on.. — hlscalon, Jun 18 '14 at 13:08
It is recommended that you avoid "stacking" ternary expressions. PHP's behaviour when using more than one ternary operator within a single statement is non-obvious. Source: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php#language.operators.comparison.ternary — Syed Qarib, Jun 18 '14 at 13:12
Could you show a piece of code that warrants such a shorthand? — Ja͢ck, Jun 18 '14 at 13:14

Ing. Michal Hudak · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-19T05:26:49.570

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You're looking for ternary statements.

Syntax:

$condition ? $value_if_true : $value_if_false

Syntax for nested ternary statements:

$a ? $b : ( $c ? $d : ( $e ? $f : $g ) )

Just a warning, nested ternary statements are hard to read, so it's recommended to unnested ternary statements.

edited Jun 19 '14 at 05:26

answered Jun 18 '14 at 13:05

Ing. Michal Hudak

11

Ugh, don't ever recommend nested ternary statements, that make code so hard to read – Brandon Wamboldt Jun 18 '14 at 13:05
1

@BrandonWamboldt It can make it hard to read, but it is what the OP is asking for. – jeroen Jun 18 '14 at 13:20
@jeroen Yeah, but like the answer below, it's good to mention why it's bad to use, so people new to programming don't think it's good practice. – Brandon Wamboldt Jun 18 '14 at 15:33
@BrandonWamboldt That is definitely true. – jeroen Jun 19 '14 at 14:49
hmm yes this suddenly seems like bad idea :D – Andrew Mar 20 '16 at 18:43

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 17 '17 at 13:38

4

You can see this Ternary operator. Good when you have an if/else, but bad readability if you do more.

Alternative syntax. This syntax is useful when you use html/php in the same code. It helps us to see the end of if/foreach/while...

switch/case. The best is probably to post some code to see if it could be shortened.

edited Mar 17 '17 at 13:38

Ilyas karim

answered Jun 18 '14 at 13:16

fdehanne

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