PHP Ternary Operator not working as expected

Asked Jul 30 '23 at 04:33

Active Jul 30 '23 at 04:33

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I know there are countless articles out there to read about php ternary operators, however, I have read a bunch but cannot get it to work.

This is my code without ternary operators:

    if ( get_field('fs_ski_resort_data_fs_name') != null && !empty(get_field('fs_ski_resort_data_fs_name') ) )
    {
        $the_name = get_field('fs_ski_resort_data_fs_name');
    } else  {
        $the_name = get_field('fs_ski_resort_data_osm_name');
    }   
    echo 'The name'.$the_name;

The above works, however, is the below doesn't produce the same result as above.

    $the_name = get_field('fs_ski_resort_data_fs_name') ?? $the_name = get_field('fs_ski_resort_data_osm_name');
    echo $the_name;

Please tell me my mistake.

asked Jul 30 '23 at 04:33

spreaderman

3

`??` only checks if the value is `null`, not if it's empty. So the two codes aren't equivalent. Use `?:` instead. – Barmar Jul 30 '23 at 04:42
1

And in the first code, you only need to check `!empty()`, since null is empty. – Barmar Jul 30 '23 at 04:43
Also for terms, the `??` is `null coalescing` and `?:` is ternary. – user3783243 Jul 30 '23 at 08:16

PHP Ternary Operator not working as expected

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