Troubleshooting “Unexpected T_ECHO” in ternary operator statement

Question

($DAO->get_num_rows() == 1) ? echo(\"is\") : echo(\"are\");

This dose not seem to be working for me as intended, I get an error \"Unexpected T_E

Answer 1

U can use

echo ($DAO->get_num_rows() == 1) ? "is" : "are";