How can I add a condition inside a php array?

Question

Here is the array

$anArray = array(
   \"theFirstItem\" => \"a first item\",
   if(True){
     \"conditionalItem\" => \"it may appear base on the condi         


        

Answer 1

You can do it like this:

$anArray = array(
    "theFirstItem" => "a first item",
    (true ? "conditionalItem" : "EMPTY") => (true ? "it may appear base on the condition" : "EMPTY"),
    "theLastItem" => "the last item"
);

unset the EMPTY array item if the condition is false

unset($anArray['EMPTY']);