Ternary Operator Inside PHP String

Question

I want to evaluate a simple ternary operator inside of a string and can't seem to find the correct syntax.

My code looks like this:

foreach ($this->team_bumpbox as $index=>$member) 
    echo ".... class='{((1) ? abc : def)}'>....";

but I can't seem to get it to work properly. Any ideas on how to implement this?

Answer 1

You can't do it inside the string, per se. You need to dot-concatenate. Something like this:

echo ".... class='" . (1 ? "abc" : "def") . "'>....";

Answer 2

Well, you can do it actually:

$if = function($test, $true, $false)
{
  return $test ? $true : $false;
};

echo "class='{$if(true, 'abc', 'def')}'";

I'll let you decide whether it is pure elegance or pure madness. However note that unlike the real conditional operator, both arguments to the function are always evaluated.