How to convert an if condition to ternary operator in PHP?

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I am very new to the laravel, I am writing a normal if condition I want to convert that if condition to ternary operator ,please help me to convert it

$posts=DB::table('posts')->where('name',$id)->exists();
if($posts == false)
return $user->hasRole() ||$user->hasRights();

Does this answer your question? [How to replace "if" statement with a ternary operator ( ? : )?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1506527/how-to-replace-if-statement-with-a-ternary-operator) — Peppermintology, Oct 08 '21 at 18:03
Laravel is a PHP framework, so a Ternary is as documented: https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php#language.operators.comparison.ternary, basically `$boolean ? $ifTrue : $ifFalse`. That being said, `if(!$posts){ ... } else { ... }` is perfectly fine here. — Tim Lewis, Oct 08 '21 at 18:04

Konrad · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-08T18:06:30.007

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I don't use Laravel but I think it's a PHP framework, so, as documented here:

return $posts == false ? $user->hasRole() ||$user->hasRights() : return_val_if_false

You said you don't want to specify a return value if false. In that case you can simply do:

return $posts == false && ($user->hasRole() ||$user->hasRights());

This doesn't use ternary operators though, there is no way to do what you specifically want I think.

edited Oct 08 '21 at 18:06

answered Oct 08 '21 at 17:59

Konrad

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There is no false statement in my case is it work without false statement – Code cracker Oct 08 '21 at 18:02
Edited my answer – Konrad Oct 08 '21 at 18:06
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`return null;` on `false` condition is perfectly valid in PHP aka `return !$posts ? ... : null;` – Tim Lewis Oct 08 '21 at 18:09
@Konrad, what is the meaning of this line why you use && operator – Code cracker Oct 09 '21 at 05:13
It's the "and" operator: https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.logical.php – Konrad Oct 12 '21 at 14:29

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 08 '21 at 18:03

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The ternary operator is the same as Javascript with

[condition] ? [if true] : [if false]

if you want to refer to this is not Laravel, because Laravel is just a framework, you need to look for PHP because PHP is the language.

answered Oct 08 '21 at 18:03

Jose Lora

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