strange behaviour ternary operator [closed]

Answer 1

This doesn't work as expected due to a bug in the PHP language grammar, as seen at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%3F:#PHP

Here's a simple version that DOES work:

$transport = 'T';

$vehicle = (
 ( $transport == 'B' ? 'bus' :
 ( $transport == 'A' ? 'airplane' :
 ( $transport == 'T'  ? 'train' :
 ( $transport == 'C'  ? 'car' :
 ( $transport == 'H'  ? 'horse' :
 'feet' ))))));

echo $vehicle;

But as everyone else said, I agree this isn't the best way to do this. You could use a switch case, if else if, or associative array and be a lot more readable.