0 Overview of PHP shorthand

Your code will mostly become shorter by learning what all the different functions do and finding a nice one that does what you want, or combining a few of them to achieve the desired effect.

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Here are some of the shorthand operators used in PHP. //If $y > 10, $x will say 'foo', else it'll say 'bar' $x = ($y > 10) ? 'foo' : 'bar'; //Short way of saying <? print $foo;?>,  useful in HTML templates <?=$foo;?> //Shorthand way of doing the for loop,  useful in html templates for ($x=1; $x < 100; $x++):    //Do something end for; //Shorthand way of the foreach loop foreach ($array as $key=>$value):    //Do something; endforeach; //Another Shorthand way of If/else: if ($x > 10):     doX();     doY();     doZ(); else:     doA();     doB(); endif; //You can also do an if statement without  any brackets or colons if you only need to //execute one statement after your if: if ($x = 100)    doX(); $x = 1000;