Can a control statement go within a mail() function?

[Sigmund]

Hi,

I would like to put an IF statement within the mail() function. I've
tried this and searched around but haven't found anything written
about this. Is it possible? I've been doing somethings like :

mail ("Email", "Subject", "Body".if() {...}."", "From");

Sorry if this is a dumb question. BUT, if it works I will try similar
things in SELECT statements.

Thanks in advance

[Mark]

Sigmund wrote:

Hi,

I would like to put an IF statement within the mail() function. I've
tried this and searched around but haven't found anything written
about this. Is it possible? I've been doing somethings like :

mail ("Email", "Subject", "Body".if() {...}."", "From");

Sorry if this is a dumb question. BUT, if it works I will try similar
things in SELECT statements.

Short Answer:

NO control structures in expressions. They're not the same things.

Better Answer:

This is a very common request, so PHP, among a few other languages, has
something called the ternary operator, which acts as an expression:

(expr1) ? (expr2) : (expr3)

expr1 is evaluated. If TRUE, expr2 is evaluated and is the result of the
ternary operator. Otherwise, expr3 is evaluated and becomes the value of
the ternary operator.

For example:

$is_it_a_dog = FALSE;

//
// animal has "cat" after this.
//
$animal = $is_it_a_dog ? "dog" : "cat";

$some_number = (time() % 2) == 0 ? pi() : 2.71828;

play around with it. it's likely what you want.
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[Sigmund]

On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 21:22:39 -0800, Mark <[e-mail]> wrote:

Sigmund wrote:

Hi,

I would like to put an IF statement within the mail() function. I've
tried this and searched around but haven't found anything written
about this. Is it possible? I've been doing somethings like :

Short Answer:

NO control structures in expressions. They're not the same things.

Better Answer:

This is a very common request, so PHP, among a few other languages, has
something called the ternary operator, which acts as an expression:

Thanks - I'm going to work on this.