Wordpress PHP If statement inside assignment

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Quick simple question, is it possible to do an if statement inside of a php assignment statement so that you can switch what would be assigned?

IE: Inside of a wordpress PHP function that already works

$example.='

<div id="test-'.$num.'">
    <a href="http://google.com">Google</a>
</div>';

The following doesn't work (gives an IF parse error)

$example.='

<div id="test-'.$num.'">
    'if($num == 2)'
        <a href="http://yahoo.com">Yahoo</a>
    'else' <a href="http://google.com">Google</a>
</div>';

Sudhir Bastakoti · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-10 05:06:05Z

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instead you could have done:

$aText = ($num == 2) ? '<a href="http://yahoo.com">Yahoo</a>' : '<a href="http://google.com">Google</a>';
$example.='    
<div id="test-'.$num.'">
    '.$aText.'
</div>';

answered Dec 10, 2013 at 5:06

Sudhir Bastakoti

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sl133 Over a year ago

This is a smart way of doing this, I'm going to implement this real quick and see if it works as I expect.

Suleman Ahmad · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-10 05:06:35Z

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You can concatenate the code:-

$example.='
<div id="test-'.$num.'">';
    if($num == 2){
       $example.=' <a href="http://yahoo.com">Yahoo</a>';
    }else {
       $example.='<a href="http://google.com">Google</a></div>';
    }

answered Dec 10, 2013 at 5:06

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sl133 Over a year ago

Is there anyway to do it without reassigning the $example.=? The real code is nested a couple of tags down and I would rather see if its possible before going in and separating them. Your way does work though

Suleman Ahmad Over a year ago

in string concatenation - the answer is no, because of we can't use any conditional operator with in string assignment.

saifur · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-10 05:10:43Z

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check the code:

$example.='<div id="test-'.$num.'">';
        if($num == 2)
            $example.= '<a href="http://yahoo.com">Yahoo</a>';
        else 
            $example.='<a href="http://google.com">Google</a>';
    $example.='</div>';

answered Dec 10, 2013 at 5:10

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